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Culverhouse College of Commerce Magazine

High Finance

Finance
Culverhouse finance graduate
takes his degree to the wild blue yonder

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Forensic accountants
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Longtime
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8 Its in the Blood

Culverhouse graduate receives auto dealers

C&BA student has his eye toward the future.

14 Arguing Against Free-Market

Plagiarism Prevention
19 Huntsville E.M.B.A.

Successful UA program expands northward.

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22 Forensic Accountants

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top national award.

Contributing Writers:

Laura Shill, Zack Riggins,

Elizabeth Handy

Some join a hometown firm. Some become part

of the family business. Some start their own ventures.
Some, like Natalie Costa, of Midland, Mich., decide to
take a bite of the Big Apple.
Costa, a 2008 graduate in finance, has accepted a
position in fixed income sales and trading at Lehman
Brothers in New York.

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Each year the Culverhouse College

of Commerce sends about 1,000 new
graduates out into the business world.

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Natalie Costa will add to the legacy.

Costa is now part of the University of Alabama

family, New York alumni chapter. Like UA graduates
everywhere, she knows the importance of teamwork,
reliability, innovation and initiative.
Lehman Brothers is an innovator in global finance,
serving the needs of corporations, governments,
municipalities, institutional clients and high-networth individuals worldwide. And like Costa, Lehman
Brothers got its start in Alabama.

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48 In the News

When an expert opinion is sought, news

organizations turn to C&BA faculty.

Read about awards, appointments and

other items of interest.

54 Faculty and Staff News

58 Where Are They Now?

Here is the latest news and updates on

C&BA alumni.

Morris Mayer dies at 82.

People who are part accountant, part private

eye are in high demand.

25 Donors List
37 Reaching Out

Entrepreneurial Research Network to extend

outreach into two more counties.

38 25,000 Graduates Later

Tom Canterbury plans to retire.

International icon Charles Handy visits UA to

share insights about business and life.

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Lt. Wrenn Landers, a 2002 graduate of the Culverhouse

College of Commerce, has taken high finance
to a new level.

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Me s s a g e

Going Above and Beyond

Why good is just not good enough.

Excellence and excel are

words we use a lot, often without
really thinking about what they
mean and what they really represent.
But consider the following
research from Natalie Gabel. It is
more than 15 years old and you may
have seen it before, but it is worth
considering again. Here, from that
research, are some statistics that have
business-related implications:
If 99.9 percent were good
enough, 2 million documents would
be lost annually by the Internal
Revenue Service; 291 pacemaker
operations would be performed
incorrectly; there would be two
unsafe plane landings per day at
OHare International Airport in
Chicago; 16,000 pieces of mail
would be mishandled every hour;
22,000 checks would be deducted
from the wrong bank account each
hour; and 1,314 phone calls would
be misplaced each minute.
So, obviously, 99.9 percent is
not good enough. That is why we
strive for 100 percent excellence
all the time. Do we achieve it? Of
course not, but mediocrity is not
in our vocabulary. Excellence, by
national standards, is our objective.
The first paragraph of our
mission statement calls on us to
excel in the creation, dissemination,
and application of business
knowledge. We are committed
to providing the educational and
enrichment experiences that are
expected of a full-time residential
major state university. We will

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maintain our position as the premier

provider in Alabama and a
flagship institution in the Southeast
of comprehensive, high quality,
cost-effective business education as
measured by national standards. We
are committed to meeting the needs
of students, alumni, the corporate
community, state and local
government entities in our state, and
the greater academic community.
Pretty lofty stuff and not
something that 99.9 percent will
accomplish.
But our faculty and staff
understand that excellence is
performance that goes beyond
what was possible last semester, last
week, yesterday. It is performance
that ignores the old boundaries
of academia and forges into new
territory.
To that end, we are proceeding
vigorously in a number of areas.

We are launching a new
advertising campaign that focuses on
several of our outstanding students
and will give the public a look at
their ambition and intelligence.
As traditional methods of
teaching become obsolete, we are
looking for ways to incorporate new
technology into our classrooms and
to replace traditional textbooks and
lectures. IPods, MP3 players, Wii
technology, YouTube, MySpace,
Facebook todays students think
and act differently than those of
even five years ago, and excellence
means keeping pace with them.

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As our student quality increases,

there will be increased pressure to
provide the proper educational
experiences in technology and
experiential learning and other
enrichment initiatives internships,
the opportunity to hear from some
of the nations leading business
people, mentoring programs and
counseling. In the past six months
alone, some of our students have
heard from Bill Taylor, chief
executive officer of MercedesBenz U.S. International; Chris
Mandaleris, deputy director of
inspections for the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board; and
they have visited with Warren
Buffet, the Oracle of Omaha.
Finally, I want to thank Dr.
Rob Ingram for his fine service
as senior associate dean over the
past four years. He has decided to
return to faculty status at the end of
this semester. I also want to thank
Tom Canterbury for his 32 years
of service in the critical position of
registrar of the College. Both are
examples of the 100 percent rule.
Each of these people mentioned
contributed mightily to our quest
for excellence. To quote Aristotle,
With regard to excellence, it is not
enough to know, but we must try
to have and use it. And, with your
help, we will continue to do so.

J. Barry Mason
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Lt. Wrenn Landers, a 2002 graduate of the

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Culverhouse College of Commerce, has taken
high finance to a new level.
Landers, 29, is a rare breed,
a Navy pilot. He flies F-18 Super
Hornet fighter planes. He has
served an eight-month tour of
duty in the Middle East, flying
support and combat missions
over Iraq, Afghanistan and the
Horn of Africa.
Last fall, Landers returned to
his alma mater in fine fashion,
flying the lead aircraft in a threeplane formation over BryantDenny Stadium prior to the
Alabama-LSU football game.
It took less than a second for
Landers and his two wingmen
to cover the distance from the
Jumbotron at the south end of
the stadium to the north end
zone, flying at 1,000 feet at
250 knots, the minimums for
flyovers in which crowds are
involved.
Landers grew up in Macon,
Ga., where his father is a dentist.
He attended Stratford Academy
and then finished at Woodberry
Forest School in Orange, Va.,
near Charlottesville. His wife
of three years, Haley, is a native
of Mobile, Ala., and is also a
graduate of the business school
with a degree in what else?
finance.

Landers is stationed at
Oceana Naval Air Station in
Virginia but will head west this
spring for San Diego, Calif., and
duty aboard the nuclear-powered
carrier USS George Washington.
Landers is attached to Strike
Fighter Squadron (VFA-103), the
famous Jolly Rogers.
The George Washington
will embark on a short cruise to
South America in April and May
to work on drug interdiction
efforts and then head for the
Middle East next year.
After his graduation in
2002, Landers had some interest
in jobs in Atlanta, Ga., and
Birmingham, Ala., and was
dead set on running after
corporate America, he said.
But I had taken a few flying
lessons before at Bama Air, and
a guy out there really got me
interested in pursuing flying. I
got a pilots license right before I
went into OCS, Landers said.
OCS officers candidate
school was at Naval Air
Station Pensacola in Florida,
where Landers graduated in
March 2003. In June 2003,
he received his commission
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and headed for flight school in Pensacola.

After finishing flight school, Landers said
he picked up a Super Hornet spot in late
04,and was off to California for carrier
training. His first carrier launch was a
phenomenal feeling.
After carrier training at Naval Air
Station Lemoore, Landers was off to sea
duty and the Middle East.
I love the flying and the port calls,
Landers said. But the combat flying is the
bread and butter for me. Thats where its
at. We might get two combat missions a
week, and there is nothing like supporting
the boys on the ground.
So far, Landers has flown 35 combat
missions over Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a
great admirer of the F-18.

... combat flying is the bread and butter for me.

Thats where its at. We might get two combat missions a week,

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It is a fine airplane. It has everything I

need to keep me busy, he said. F-18s can
carry anything the Navy has from Mark
82 500-pound bombs that are GPS or laser
guided to 20 mm cannons on the front.
Combat flying may be where its at,
but Landers said he got a lot of satisfaction
out of his flight over the stadium.
It was a great flight. It was something
I always wanted to do. It was fun working
with the guys at the Tuscaloosa tower. We
did a couple of flyovers on Friday and that
was fun, and I got to walk out on the field at
halftime. As an added bonus, his brotherin- law, Forress Rayford Jr., was a fifth-year
senior who played on special teams.
Another motivating factor, Landers
said, was the fact that Auburn University
does a lot of flyovers because of the
universitys flight school, and I was sick of
Auburn grads doing flyovers.
Landers will be up for promotion for
lieutenant commander in about four years
after serving six years as a lieutenant. He
will do another sea tour and shore duty in
the summer of 2009. After that, watch out,
Maverick.

I could be an instructor, Landers
said, or theres always Top Gun. e

the boys on the ground.

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Culverhouse graduate receives top auto dealers national award.

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When Tracy
Jones thinks
happy thoughts,
she thinks about
sexy cars, fast
boats and the
scent of new
leather.

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As a child, Jones stood by her front door,

listening for the sound of an engine pulling
into the driveway and anxiously waiting for
her father to come home. Her favorite part
of the day was asking how his day went at
the dealership, but the best evenings were
the ones when she peered out the front
window and saw a shiny new car her father
had brought home to show her.
I remember when I couldnt wait til
the next Camaro or Mustang would come
out, Jones said. Now my taste has changed
from Camaros to Porsches. I get the same
excitement I did when I was a little girl.

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Jones is the president of Century

Automotive Group in Huntsville, Ala.,
and was recently awarded the 2007 Time
Magazine Quality Dealer Award, the most
prestigious award for dealers nationwide.
Along with Time, Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Co. and the National Automobile Dealers
Association sponsor the award. Jones
received the top award out of a pool of 60
dealers with more than 19,500 dealerships
nationwide, . She is the first Alabamian and
the first woman to win the honor. Jones was
nominated by Thomas R. Dart, the president
of the Automobile Dealers Association of
Alabama.

When considering why she

was chosen for the award, Jones
said she thinks Time found
a unique quality in Century
Automotive and the way she and
her team run the business.
Century Automotives
reputation in the business world
has been proven by prestige and
performance. In each of their
six franchises Buick, BMW,
Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover and
Porsche they exceed market
share and have a high customerservice index. They have
received coveted awards and
the highest honors from their
manufacturers.
When Jones was completing
college at The University of
Alabama, it was very rare for a
female to be in the automobile
business. Her father even
discouraged her from pursuing
a career in dealerships. Jones
knew the path she wanted to
follow, though. Her grandfather
was the chief executive officer
of Superior Motor Coach, and
her father, John Shields II,
is an owner or partner in 26
dealerships.
Since the days when she
watched her grandfather and
father work on the lots of
their dealerships, she wanted
to do the same thing as an
adult. She said her father saw
a particular flair for business
in her and envisioned her as a
success on Wall Street. After
graduating from the University
with accounting and businessschool honors, Jones moved
to Houston, Texas, in 1998
to work as an accountant at
PricewaterhouseCoopers. But

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Huntsville Museum of Art, the Huntsville
Symphony Orchestra, the United Way and
the National Childrens Advocacy Center.
The one closest to Jones heart is the Susan
G. Komen for the Cure, formerly known
as the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation.
Every year, Century Automotive
sponsors BMWs Drive for the Cure,
an annual fundraiser for the Komen
foundation. Huntsville residents and BMW
lovers alike come to drive sleek new BMWs

I was honored to take the reins of this jewel

that was my fathers dealership.

I always looked up to my father, and it made
me work even harder to prove the skeptics wrong.
the car business drew her back
to Huntsville and a position
as controller at the Huntsville
dealership. Jones became
president of the company when
her father retired in 1993. Since
then, she has won the company
several prestigious awards and
has focused on bettering the
company through employee
enthusiasm and customer
satisfaction.
I was honored to take the
reins of this jewel that was my
fathers dealership, she said. I
always looked up to my father,
and it made me work even
harder to prove the skeptics
wrong.
Jones said she sees the
company as a thriving avenue
for making the community
happier and more prosperous.
Jones and Century Automotive
have worked for many charities
and organizations such as

and raise money. The funds go to research,

screening, treatment and early detection
programs. For the past decade, Century
Automotive has had the most participants
for the event, with more than 700 test-drives
in one day during the 2007 event.
All the aspects of Jones life career,
family, and community intertwine. She
is a leader in her community in charity
fundraising, raises four children and goes
to work daily with her husband, George, all
while running an award-winning dealership.
Of all the questions and compliments she
receives regarding how she balances her
busy life, people most often wonder how
she manages to accomplish so much while
making it seem so simple. She said it looks
easy because she loves the exhilaration and
happiness that come with her busy life.
Jones said she does not have a favorite
car. That would be wrong, she said, like
choosing a favorite child. Choosing her
career, though, she said, was easy.
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>> England, Japan and, Now, Botswana

C&BA student has his eye toward the future.
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Since achieving independence in 1966, Botswana,
a landlocked country in southern Africa, has had one
of the fastest growth rates in per capita income in the
world. It has transformed itself into a middle-income
country with a sound fiscal policy and a negligible level
of foreign debt. It also has a soaring HIV/AIDS rate.
To Aldrich Callins, a
junior majoring in finance at
the Culverhouse College of
Commerce, all of that made
Botswana a logical next place
to visit.
Two of Callins passions
are foreign travel and
collecting information about
the economies of foreign
countries, with an eye toward
one day making his fortune
in international finance,
particularly insurance and
real estate. Another passion is
helping people, whether on the
University of Alabama campus
or on the streets of Gaborone.
To that end, he has spent
two semesters studying abroad,
first in England and then
in Japan. His next stop was

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in January and will be there
through late May. While there
he will study the Botswana
economy and culture as an
international student.
Botswana has one of the
fastest-growing economies in
Africa and depends heavily on
the diamond trade, Callins said.
But the other side to
Botswana also has Callins
attention. According to the
Central Intelligence Agencys
Web site, Botswana has one of
the worlds highest-known rates
of HIV/AIDS infection, but
also has one of Africas most
progressive and comprehensive
programs for dealing with
the disease.
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I have had a chance to make friends

abroad, in Asia and in Europe, Callins
said, and those encounters have stirred a
need to find ways to help people on an
international level.
I talked to a friend of mine from
Kenya, whom I met in Japan, who said that
if the kids with HIV or AIDS in Africa just
had a place to go, to get off the streets, it
would make a huge difference, he said.
Callins plans a career in insurance
and finance, and possibly real estate.
He is vice president of the Universitys
Alabama Insurance Society and points to
Dr. William Rabel, professor of insurance
and financial services, as a major force in
his career choice. He notes Rabels overseas
service in China and Switzerland.
I love the thought of investing, and
I want to work to gain enough capital to
invest further, Callins said. I am looking
at the insurance industry and how I can use
my international background there.
He is a resident adviser on campus, and
his international interests are evident even
in that position. He created an Iron Chef
contest for residents featuring cuisine
from other countries and put together
an international harvest fest to expose
residents to international foods.
Callins is a graduate of Huffman High
School in Birmingham, where his mother is
a teacher and his father is an entrepreneur
in real estate, construction and building
inspection.
His mother taught night classes at West
End High School, Callins said. She would
tell me about how difficult it is for some
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I grew up knowing you have to work and work hard

for anything you get. Nothing is free.
He said his parents instilled an attitude
of hard work in him and his four siblings. I
grew up knowing you have to work and work
hard for anything you get. Nothing is free.
One sister is an attorney, another is a bank
officer, another is a medical professional
and a younger brother is a student at the
University of Alabama at Huntsville.
His favorite book is Robert Kiyosakis
Rich Dad, Poor Dad, the best-selling
book that advocates financial independence
though investing, real estate and owning the
business rather than being an employee of
someone else.

Im not here at The University of

Alabama to learn how to be an employee,
work for 60 years and then have someone
say, I cant give you a pension, Callins
said. I want more than just a job. I want to
be wealthy, but I dont want to die wealthy.
The University of Alabama has been
very useful in providing the academic
background I need, but also it has given
me a chance to travel, to network and meet
people. I look at travel more as an adventure
and learning tool than as a vacation. e

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Arguing Against

Free-Market Plagiarism Prevention

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Most academic disciplines

largely trust a decentralized
approach to policing potential
instances of plagiarism, counting
on scholars to report situations
when they occur, and journal
editors or academic administrators
to respond to and punish breaches
upon learning about them.
The assumption that wrongdoing
will eventually become known, and that
a cheaters reputation will be destroyed
(along, not unimportantly, with fears of
legal dangers for getting involved) has led
most scholarly societies to avoid playing a
direct role in policing academic misconduct.
(One disciplinary group that did investigate
charges of plagiarism, the American
Historical Association, gave up doing so
in 2003.)
That approach makes sense if the
appropriate people are fulfilling their
appropriate roles in that informal system,
says Dr. Gary A. Hoover, an associate
professor of economics and assistant
dean for faculty and graduate student
development at the Culverhouse College of
Commerce at the University of Alabama.
But Hoover, whose personal experiences as

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to study the state of plagiarism within his
chosen field, argues that the system falls
down if incidents dont get reported to those
with the power to punish the perpetrators, or
if those with that power dont act.
And too often they dont, Hoover
argued in a presentation made to a group of
government economists in Washington late
last year, based on a series of surveys and
papers he has produced on the subject of
economics plagiarism.
At the core of Hoovers argument to
the Society of Government Economists are
data from two surveys he conducted with
Dr. Walter Enders, professor of economics
and Lee Bidgood Chair of Economics
and Finance Alabama. One, conducted
in 2004, was of about 110 editors of
economics journals; the other, from 2006,
sought the views of about 1,200 rank and
file economists, about 80 percent of them
academics. While there was significant
overlap on many points, the views of the
editors and of likely authors diverged in a
few key ways. As seen in the table below,
for example, 64.7 percent of rank and file
economists said that using another scholars
idea without attribution was likely or
definitely plagiarism, compared to 52.4
percent of journal editors.
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Proportion of Journal Editors and Economists

Who View Certain Practices as Plagiarism
Practice

Unattributed sentences
Unattributed proof from
working paper
Unattributed proof from
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Not at All
Economists
2.8%

Editors
1.8%

Not Likely
Econ. Editors
16.6% 19.8%

Likely
Econ. Editors
41.7% 44.3%

Definitely
Econ. Editors
38.9% 34%

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41.7% 32.4%

38.9% 58.3%

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65.5% 66.1%

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32.3% 43.7%

46.1% 35.9%

18.6% 16.5%

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31.4% 32.7%

44.0% 47.7%

If we as a profession are
going to say, were not going
to have an overall policy, so
the way were going to police
this is through reporting,
you have to be able to hurt
somebodys reputation if
they get caught, Hoover said.
But if editors are not willing
to [report to someones
bosses], wheres the bite?

Wheres the fear of damage

to reputation if nobodys
going to find out about it?
(If Hoover sounds
passionate about the subject,
that may be because he
encountered it personally.
In 2003, he says, he and
Enders were surprised when
they were asked to referee a
paper that applied time-series

econometrics to poverty
research. It was remarkably
similar to a paper they had
co-written that was awaiting
publication in another
journal which had been
disseminated via the Social
Science Research Network
and to previous papers they
had published separately.
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And when asked for the appropriate responses when clear cases
of plagiarism are identified, nearly three-quarters of rank and file
economists said they thought a plagiarists department chair, dean or
provost should be notified, while fewer than half of journal editors
thought so, as seen in the following table:

Proportion of Economists and Editors

Who See Certain Responses to Plagiarism as Appropriate
Practice

Notify original author (if

possible)
Notify department chair,
dean, provost
Ban future submissions
to journal by plagiarist
Public notice of
plagiarism

Not Likely
Econ. Editors

Likely
Econ.

Wheres the fear of damage

Not at All
Economists

Editors

1.8%

1.8%

4.1%

8.2%

24.5% 19.1%

69.2% 70.9%

4.0%

11%

21.9%

42%

43.3%

23%

30.1%

4.9%

1%

23.0% 21.5%

39.9%

35.5%

9.3%

19.2%

41.0% 50.5%

32.0%

17.2% 17.8%

Editors

Definitely
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to reputation if nobodys going to find out about it?

Dr. Gary A. Hoover

24%

32.2% 42.1%
13.1%

Hoover sees it as a problem that journal editors, who are

arguably most likely to be in a position to come across potential
instances of plagiarism, are less likely to view the theft of ideas
as plagiarism and to see it as appropriate to report potential
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When they raised the issue

with the editor of the journal
that had asked them to peer
review the offending paper, the
editor checked with colleagues
and lawyers and reported back
they and I are both concerned
about possible liability for the
journal of any aggressive course
of action. The editor ultimately
sent the plagiarizing scholar an
e-mail message rejecting the
paper but inviting him to submit
materials to the journal in
the future.)
Hoover says he partially
understands the arguments
of editors who, like leaders of
scholarly societies, often say that
they dont want to take on the
legal risk of being responsible for
adjudicating cases of academic
fraud. And they may not be
the only players for whom the
incentives not to play plagiarism
cops outweigh the arguments for
doing so.
In a 2006 paper Hoover
published in the Atlantic
Economic Journal, entitled
A Game Theoretic Model
of Plagiarism, he noted the
high fight costs that might
discourage a graduate student
from reporting potential
plagiarism by a thesis adviser,
say, or an untenured assistant
professor from turning in a
senior scholar in the field
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anyway, given the previously
described reluctance of journal
editors and others to investigate.
It just might not be worth it
to me; I might win the battle but
lose the war, or I might report it
and nothing happens to you, so
I lose the battle, too, Hoover
says.
Given the disincentives that
various players in the plagiarism
food chain face to combat it,
Hoover says he recognizes
that it is unlikely that the
economics profession will adopt
a significantly more aggressive
formal system of plagiarism
detection and punishment. But
he recommends some steps
groups of journals, institutions
and scholarly associations might
take collaboratively, such as
adopting a code of ethics (which
could even give journal editors
more legal protection in cracking
down on potential violators),
or having journals share
plagiarism detection software,
perhaps financed by scholarly
associations.
Id advocate something,
anything, that has us do more
than we do now, he says.
Theres a perception that its
not happening because we dont
hear about it, but every place I
go, I hear from people who say
its happened to them. e
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Doug Lederer, editor, Insidehighered.com

>> Huntsville E.M.B.A.

Successful UA program expands northward.

The growth of the high-tech

industry in Huntsville, Ala., has led
to an increased need for engineers,
many of whom will at some point be
faced with the decision of whether
to continue on the engineering track
or move to management. For those
who choose the latter, The University
of Alabama will begin offering
an Executive Master of Business
Administration degree in Huntsville
in July 2008.

The degree will be offered through a

cooperative agreement with The University
of Alabama in Huntsville on the Huntsville
campus. Faculty from UAs Manderson
Graduate School of Business in Tuscaloosa will
teach most of the courses, and the degree will
be awarded by The University of Alabama.
The Huntsville classes will meet Friday
evenings and Saturdays, every other week, for
21 months.
The population growth and the high
educational level of residents in the Huntsville
area make an Executive M.B.A. program
a much-needed offering in addition to the
Tuscaloosa program, said Susan West, assistant
dean and head of the Manderson Graduate
School of Business at UA.
Dr. J. Barry Mason, dean of the
Culverhouse College of Commerce at The

University of Alabama, said the new program

in Huntsville should be attractive to a large
segment of the population in the area.
With the immense economic and
employment growth in the north Alabama
and southern Tennessee area caused by the
increase in automobile manufacturing and the
base realignment and closure, a lot of engineers
will be looking to broaden their knowledge
base, and the Huntsville E.M.B.A. will be the
answer, Mason said.
Application deadline for the first class in
the Huntsville program is June 20, 2008. A
minimum of five years of work experience is
required. Cost for the 21-month program will
be $39,500 without lodging; it includes tuition,
fees, books and materials, e-learning portal
access, refreshments and lunch. Also included
is a one-week international study-abroad tour,
excluding airfare.
All applicants must have taken the GMAT
or GRE exam no more than five years before
applying. The program requires a minimum
score of 500 on the GMAT or 1000 on the
GRE. Application can be made online at
http://emba.ua.edu.
The Huntsville E.M.B.A. will provide
the same rigorous curriculum provided by the
Tuscaloosa E.M.B.A. program, West said. The
degree will be a UA degree, and the students
will
be taught by a world-class faculty.

For more information, contact Donna Blackburn at
205-348-8748, dblackburn@cba.ua.edu.

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>> A Retailing Icon

Morris Mayer dies at 82.

From the banks

of the Tombigbee
River in Demopolis
to the boardrooms
of companies around
the world, people are
remembering Dr. Morris
L. Mayer, an icon in the
marketing community
who died Feb. 15.

Mayer, Bruno Professor
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was 82.
Mayer had been in failing
health for several months
with Parkinsons disease but
had remained a familiar figure
around Tuscaloosa and the
University of Alabama campus
where he taught marketing for
more than 30 years.
Despite his failing eyesight,
he had a remarkable ability to
recognize voices and never lost
his cheerfulness and sense
of humor.

Morris Mayer was

without peer in the classroom,
as a colleague, as a friend
and as a mentor, said Dr.
J. Barry Mason, dean of
the Culverhouse College
of Commerce and Business
Administration, I will miss
him greatly.
He was the most
unselfish man I ever knew. He
devoted his life to teaching
and coaching. He knew that
education could change lives.

The University of
Alabama extends its heartfelt
condolences to the family
of Dr. Morris Mayer, said
UA President Robert E. Witt.
Morris served our university
and the community for nearly
50 years. He was a man of great
character whose sense of service
to others guided his every
moment. His contributions to
the retailing and marketing fields
are truly legendary, as are his
contributions to students, the
University and the community.
Mayer was born in
Demopolis, Ala., but his family
moved to Mobile where he
graduated from high school.
He served in the Army in the
European theater of operations
from 1944 to 1946. After the
war, he moved to Tuscaloosa
to attend The University
of Alabama. He earned his
bachelors degree in business
administration in 1949. He
taught economics for a brief
period before heading for New
York to earn his masters degree
in retailing from New York
University in 1950. After a short
stint as an assistant buyer for
Abraham and Straus in New
York, he was again called to
active duty with the Army and
served until 1952. From 1952 to
1955, he worked as a buyer for
Goldblatt Brothers department
store in Chicago, Ill., and then
earned his doctorate in business
organization from Ohio State
University.
In 1960 he accepted a
position as associate professor of
marketing at The University of
Alabama, which marked the start
of a long and illustrious career in

academia. He was promoted to

professor of marketing in 1964
and served as Bruno Professor
of Retail Marketing from 1986
to 1992. At the same time, he
was director of the Hess Institute
of Retailing Development from
1984 to 1992 and chaired the
UA marketing department from
1969 to 1974. He was appointed
Bruno Professor Emeritus
of Marketing in 1992 upon
his retirement.

In

Me m o r i a m

Northern Award for Meritorious Teaching

from the Burlington-Northern Foundation;
and from The University of Alabama,
the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, the
National Alumni Associations Outstanding
Commitment to Teaching Award, the
Amoco Outstanding Teacher Award, the
Omicron Delta Kappa Student Service
Award, the Outstanding Professor Award
from the Commerce Graduate Association,
and the Penny Allen Award for Outstanding
Service to Students.

He was the most unselfish man I ever

knew. He devoted his life to teaching and coaching.
He knew that education could change lives.

During his 32 years of

teaching, Mayer co-authored
three highly successful textbooks
on retailing, plus numerous
other publications.
Mayer also found time
to contribute to a number of
professional and academic
organizations, including
serving as faculty adviser
to the American Marketing
Association, serving on the
board of directors of the
Alabama Retail Association,
and serving as president of the
Southern Marketing Association
and the American Collegiate
Retailing Association.
Mayer was recognized
in a variety of ways for his
work, including receiving the
distinguished service award from
the Chamber of Commerce of
West Alabama; the Burlington-

J. Barry Mason
Dean, Culverhouse College of Commerce

His significant contributions to

marketing were recognized with the
Southern Marketing Associations Fellows
Award in 1986.
The Morris Lehman Mayer Award at
The University of Alabama recognizes
one member of the graduating class and
members of the teaching faculty who
exemplify integrity, selfless service and
leadership at UA and in the community
and who make significant contributions to
student life.
Mayer served on more than 100 public
committees, from the Tuscaloosa Parks and
Recreation Authority to the Tuscaloosa
Community Orchestra Board.
He is survived by his wife, Judith Morton
Mayer; daughters, Susan M. Bruchis (Marcus), of Montgomery; and Betsy Mayer, of
Leeds; and two grandchildren, Michael and
Leah Bruchis. e

The family asked that memorials be directed to the Temple Emanu-El
Building Fund, Box 3066, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403 or the Morris L.
Mayer Award Fund, Office of Advancement, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487.

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>> Forensic Accountants

People who are part accountant, part private eye are in high demand.
By

The well-publicized corporate

finance scandals of the 2000s,
such as Enron, WorldCom and
HealthSouth, brought increased
awareness of fraud and stricter
reporting requirements to the
nations business community.
They also brought about a
greater need for people who are
part accountant and auditor and
part private investigator, that is,
certified fraud examiners, one of
the hottest jobs in business.
Dr. Walter A. Robbins, Roddy-Garner
Professor of Accounting, recently earned
the certified fraud examiner designation
from the Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners, the worlds leading provider of
anti-fraud training and education. CFEs
are knowledgeable in four areas critical to
the fight against fraud: fraudulent financial
transactions, criminology and ethics, legal
elements of fraud, and fraud investigation.
The CFE designation is awarded to select
professionals who meet a stringent set of
criteria, including character, experience and
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earned the certification.
For the past several years, Robbins, a
soft-spoken, well-dressed individual, has
worked with the Financial Economics
Consulting Group Inc. as a consulting expert
in numerous business-litigation cases. He
also provides business-litigation-support
services to attorneys and their clients.
His consulting activities sparked his
interest in forensic accounting. According to
Robbins, the need for forensics accountants
is growing much faster than the supply.
He said growth in white-collar crime and
the increased emphasis on homeland
security have raised the demand for forensic
accountants and fraud investigators.
Moreover, federal, state and local
governmental agencies, such as the Securities
and Exchange Commission, the Internal
Revenue Service, and the Office of Inspector
General, all need accountants with forensic
investigation skills. U.S. News & World
Report calls forensic accounting one of the
20 hot job tracks of the future and one of
eight careers to count on.
Robbins said highly skilled forensic
accountants are not only in demand but
they can earn high salaries. He pointed to
an article in the New Accountant that
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accountant in New York City specializing in

divorce litigation, who was awarded $274,970
for his professional services in a recent case.
Robbins said most people do not
understand the role of forensic accountants.
Forensic accountants help resolve civil
disputes and criminal prosecutions involving
financial crimes, he said. They assist in fraud
prevention and asset location and recovery.
They often work with private investigators,
forensic document examiners and attorneys
to review facts and develop litigation strategy
and often prepare reports summarizing their
findings. They also testify as expert witnesses
in court. Typical engagements include
investigations of employee theft, financial
statement fraud, professional negligence,
business disputes, marital disputes and
business valuations.
According to Robbins, the shortage
of forensic accountants has resulted in
a dramatic increase in the demand for
new accounting graduates with training
in forensic accounting. Already several
universities have established courses
designed to prepare students for a career in
forensic accounting.
Richard Barnhart, a recent graduate of
the Culverhouse School of Accountancy, was
hired by Ernst and Young and went directly
into their Fraud Investigation and Dispute
Resolution Department.
Barnhart said he became interested in
the area of fraud while taking a course in
fraud-risk management at UA.
Dr. Robbins shared with me his passion
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me for my Ernst and Young interview,
Barnhart said. He also provided me with
extensive materials to expand my knowledge
about the topics and opportunities in the
forensic-accounting field.

Forensic accountants are professionals
who use a unique blend of education and
experience to apply accounting, auditing and
investigative skills to uncover truth, form
legal opinions and assist in investigations,
Robbins said. It is an exciting field with
unlimited professional opportunities.
Robbins has a Doctor of Business
Administration from the University of
Tennessee and a Master of Accountancy
from Virginia Tech. He is a certified
public accountant and a certified
forensic accountant. His teaching and
research focuses on accounting and
financial reporting by governmental and
nonprofit organizations. He teaches both
undergraduate and graduate classes.
Robbins has authored or co-authored
over 50 articles in refereed professional
journals, chapters in two textbooks, and
a research monograph commissioned by
the Governmental Accounting Standards
Board. He is also on the editorial boards of
four professional accounting journals, and
holds membership in several professional
associations. e

Membership in the Bidgood Executives Club

is open to all alumni and friends of C&BA.
Membership will be accorded to all those
individuals and corporations that fulfill one
or more of the following conditions:
contribute a minimum of $10,000
annually to the College or any of its
academic programs
declare by appropriate means the intention
to provide $100,000 or more to the college
by bequest, whole-life-insurance program,
life-income agreement, or other deferredgiving instrument
The names of members whose contributions
were wholly or partly directed to the Commerce
Executives Society, the annual fund for the College
of Commerce, appear italicized.

Mr. Charles Edward Adair and Mrs. Virginia Barker Adair

Mr. Kenneth Ray Adams
Mr. Samuel Adams
Alabama Association of Realtors
Alabama Power Foundation Inc.
ALFA Foundation
Altria Group Inc.
American International Group Inc.
Mr. Charles C. Anderson
Mr. Clyde B. Anderson
Mr. Richard E. Anthony and Mrs. Virginia F. Anthony
Mr. Kenneth Hugh Arthur
Mrs. Joann Bashinsky
Mr. Walter P. Batson Jr. and Mrs. Margaret C. Batson
Mr. Steven Robert Berryman
Mr. Donald Wayne Birdwell
Mr. Harold B. Blach Jr.
Mr. Archie C. Bobo
Mr. C. Eugene Boles
Mr. David A. Boutwell
Mr. John M. Brilbeck and Mrs. Pamela C. Brilbeck
Mr. Harry B. Brock Jr.
Mr. William Wade Brooke and Mrs. Margaret W. Brooke
Mr. Ronald G. Bruno
Mr. Ronald Alan Cain and Mrs. Kathryn Hardegree Cain
Mr. Ehney A. Camp III and Mrs. Partricia Hough Camp
Mr. Ralph H. Cassell and Dr. Gail Houston Cassell

Mrs. Louise Cohen Chiz

Mr. John R. Cooper
Mr. Alan Thomas Crafton
Crescent Bank & Trust
Mr. G. Hilton Dean
Mr. Sam I. Diamond Jr.
Mr. George W. Dockery Jr.
Mrs. Mary Lou G. Easterling
Mrs. Jane Cantey Edwards
Mr. W. Griggs Espy
Mr. Tranum Fitzpatrick and Mrs. Martha Fitzpatrick
Mr. Conrad Murphree Fowler Jr. and

Dr. Rachel Brown Fowler
Mr. Joseph E. Gibbs
James I. Harrison Family Foundation
Mr. William T. Heard III
Mr. Robert W. Hodgkins
Mr. James S. Holbrook Jr.
Ms. Kathryn Hornsby
Mr. G. Thomas Hough
Mr. William C. Hulsey
Mr. R. Wayne Jackson
Jones Family Foundation
Mr. D. Paul Jones Jr.
Mr. James R. Jones
Mr. Donald R. Jordan
Mr. Bill Joy Jr.
Mr. Barry R. Kraselsky and Mrs. Dona P. Kraselsky
Mr. Jack Howard Krueger
Mr. Donald Nickerson Lathem Sr.
Mr. James C. Lee III
Mrs. Karole Lloyd
Mr. Lewis M. Manderson Jr. and Mrs. Faye T. Manderson
Mr. Marvin L. Mann
Mr. Jack L. McKewen Sr.
Merchant Capital Investments Inc.
Mr. Elliott Mitchell
Mr. Thomas D. Moore
Never Should Have Made It Club
Mr. Alston M. Noah
Mr. John Pelham North Jr.
Mr. H. Harrison Parrish
Mr. Wilmer S. Poynor III
Mr. R. William Pradat Jr. and Mrs. Sallie Harris Pradat
Procter & Gamble Co.
Protective Life Corp.
Protective Life Foundation
Mrs. Margaret E. Rhoads
Ms. Carolyn F. Robertson
Mr. Jon W. Rotenstreich and Mrs. Susan Rotenstreich
Mr. Rance M. Sanders
Ms. Anita Kay Saul

M.B. Seretean Foundation Inc.

Mr. Roland Thomas Short Jr.
Mrs. Jane T. Shumate
Mr. Dale W. Snodgrass and Ms. Lori L. Snodgrass
Mr. William S. Spivey and Mrs. Janis R. Spivey
Mr. Paul A. Stanley and Mrs. Carolyn B. Stanley
Mr. Karl O. Stingily III
Mr. R. Thomas Stone Jr. and Dr. Mary S. Stone
Mr. Derrell Thomas
Mr. B.T. Tillman Jr. and Mrs. Ann M. Tillman
UA Federal Tax Clinic
Wachovia Corp.
Mr. E. Dow Walker
Mr. Jack W. Warner
Mr. William A. Williamson Jr.
Mr. C. Kemmons Wilson Jr.
Mr. Murray Dennis Wood
Mr. Vaughn Herbert Yost

Deans Executives Club

The Deans Executives Club is made up of
individuals and institutions that fulfill one of
the following conditions:
contribute a minimum of $5,000 to $9,999
annually to the College or any of its
academic programs
declare by appropriate means the intention
to provide $50,000 or more to the College
by bequest, whole-life-insurance program,
life-income agreement, or other deferredgiving instrument
The names of members whose contributions
were wholly or partly directed to the Commerce
Executives Society, the annual fund for the College
of Commerce, appear italicized.
Alagasco
Mr. Keith Baker Arendall and Mrs. Jane Rast Arendall
Mr. Owen W. Aronov
Mr. Norman Azar
Mr. Jeffrey A. Bayer
Becker Professional Review
Mr. William T. Bishop Jr.
Mr. James B. Boone Jr.
Mr. Young J. Boozer III
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Sexton Family Charitable Foundation
Mr. Barrett C. Shelton Jr.
Sterne, Agee & Leach Inc.
Swiss Re American Holding Corp.
Mr. Howard M. Tepper
Mr. Boyd Thames
Mr. Jonathan Keith Thrasher
United States Steel Foundation Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Dr. Phillip John Ward
Mr. Alan Eugene Watson
Mr. Bernard R. Wedge Jr.
Mrs. Sue P. Whatley
Mr. D. Drennen Williams and Julia Maddox Williams
Mr. Gregory Wren
Ambassador Alfonso T. Yuchengco

Chairmans
Executives Club
The Chairmans Executives Club is open to
individuals and corporations that contribute
$1,000 to $4,999 annually to the College or
any of its academic programs.
The names of members whose contributions
were wholly or partly directed to the Commerce
Executives Society, the annual fund for the College
of Commerce, appear italicized.
Mr. Robert Paul Ackermann
Mr. Charles Watkins Adair
Mr. C. Wayne Adkinson
Alabama MBA Association
Dr. Thomas L. Albright
Mr. Yuval Almog
AmSouth Bank
AQ2 Technologies
The Whit Armstrong Family Legacy Endowment Plan
Mrs. Deborah Ellison Barr
Mr. Roger L. Bass
Mr. Harry Hanover Bayer
Mr. Christopher Alan Bayham
Mr. James W. Beamish
Dr. Sharon E. Beatty
Mr. Dick Bell
Mr. Ted J. Bender III
Dr. John S. Bickley
Dr. Kathleen Bindon
Mr. Gary Lynn Bishop
Mr. John E. Blackmon
Mr. William B. Blount
Mr. Cecil George Bostany and Mrs. Connie Gill Bostany
Mr. C. Clayton Bromberg
Mr. Frank H. Bromberg Jr. and Mrs. Lella C. Bromberg
Dr. David G. Bronner
Browder & Associates PC
Mr. James M. Brown Jr.

Mrs. Janet Jurenko Brown

Mr. Joseph Elwood Bryan
Mr. Samuel David Bryant
Mr. Richard Brian Bugg
Mr. Richard A. Burch
Mr. Barrett A. Burns
Mr. James L. Busby
Ms. Kim Sydow Campbell
Mr. Todd H. Carpenter
Mr. David Roy Carrington
Mr. R. Eugene Cartledge
Mr. John Manuel Carvalho Jr.
Dr. Subhabrata Chakraborti
Mr. Russell Chambliss
Mr. Hoo-Chung Chang
Mr. Robert C. Chapman
Ms. Tracy Duda Chapman
Mr. John Y. Christopher Jr.
Mr. Sam Emmett Christopher
Cintas
Mr. Robert Street Clayton Jr.
Mr. Francisco Codina
Mr. Ross N. Cohen
Mr. Morton A. Cohn
Dr. Marie Evans Coleman
Dr. Michael D. Conerly
Mr. A. Philip Cook Jr.
Mr. Douglas Oliver Cook
Mr. John Robert Cook Jr.
Mr. David J. Cooper
Mr. William Thomas Cross
Crowe, Chizek and Co. LLC
Mr. Thomas J. Curtin
Mr. Robert M. Daniels
Mr. Jonathan J. Davies
Ms. Gibbs Corwin Davis
Mr. Jeffrey Stuart DeMond
Mr. Sam B. DeVane
Mr. Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr.
Donaldson, Holman & West PC
Mrs. Sarah J. Duggan
Mr. J. Mark Dunning
Ms. Melissa Durbin
Mr. Darrell D. Eichhoff
Mr. Stefan Eisen Jr. and Mrs. Cathy H. Eisen
Dr. Walter Enders
Ms. Alison Leanne England
Mr. R. Glenn Eubanks
Mr. Sam P. Faucett III
Mr. Gary P. Fayard
Dr. Robert Lee Fitts
Mr. James B. Flemming and Mrs. Dianna H. Flemming
Mr. Curt William Fochtmann
Mr. Hubert Rivers Fowler and

Dr. Anna Catherine Cook Fowler
Mr. Alan I. Franco
Dr. George R. Franke
Ms. Susan W. Freeman
GAF-Elk
Mr. William Wayne Gentry
Mr. Don J. Giardina
Mr. Mike D. Gilley
Mr. William L. Goggans Jr.
Mr. James Will Gore

Dr. J. Brian Gray

Mr. Micheal Wayne Griggs
Mr. William Milfred Grimes Jr.
Mr. Kenneth Alan Grodner
Mr. Fred William Gustin
Mr. Gregory Mark Guthrie
Dr. Dan Miller Guy
Mr. Troy C. Haas and Ms. Ann Damon Haas
Drs. David P. and Joanne E. Hale
Mr. Steven C. Hardin
Mr. Barrie Holt Harmon III
Mr. Michael E. Harrington
Mr. Elmer B. Harris
Mr. James I. Harrison Jr.
Mr. Richard Hatfield
Mr. Billy Lawrence Hatmaker
Mr. Warren Hawkins
Mrs. Marillyn A. Hewson
Mr. Alan Wayne Higgins
Mr. Bruce W. Hodges
Mr. Jamie M. Holman
Mr. Steven Honeycutt
Mr. Butch Hoover
Dr. Joseph Allen Hornsby IV and

Ms. Anne Sikes Hornsby
Mrs. Karen Rose Hornsby
Mr. Richard D. Horsley
Dr. LaRue Tone Hosmer
Mr. Robert Allen Hulsey
Mr. James Terry Humber
Mr. Clifton C. Inge Jr.
Jackson Cabinet & Manufacturing Co. Inc.
Mr. Edward Reed Jackson
Mr. Donald M. James
Mr. Thomas E. Jernigan
Mr. W. Carl Jernigan
Mr. William Walker Jessup
Mr. Joseph D. Jolly Jr.
Mr. Frank Batton Jordan
Mr. John H. Josey
Mr. Maurice F. Kahlmus
Dr. Robert C. Kee
Mr. Joel Van Kelley
Mr. Kenneth Kelly
Mr. Walter J. Kennamer
Dr. B.R. Kittle
Mr. Charles J. Kittrell
Mr. Michael W. Lammons
Mr. Chad Arlyn Leopard
Mr. Ronald Alan Levitt
Mr. Bruce Limbaugh
Mr. Gary Weldon Limmroth and Mrs. Sheila P. Limmroth
Mr. James David Loftin Jr.
Mr. Dara Longgrear
Mr. Robert E. Luckie III
Dr. Nicole Ponder Lueg
Mr. Robert E. Smith Lupo
Mr. John A. Lyon Jr.
Mr. Vichit Mahachassada
Mr. Davis Malone III
Dr. Edward R. Mansfield
Mr. Jere William Marques
Mr. Kenneth G. Massey
Mr. Stephen V. Masterson

Mr. Gerson May

Mr. Leroy McAbee
Ms. Beverly S. McAuliffe
Mr. George L. McCrary Jr.
Mr. Lee A. McDavid Sr.
Mr. Joe K. McDonald
Mr. J. Taylor McElroy
Mr. Chip McEwen
Mr. Thomas S. McGahey
Mr. John Paul McKleroy Jr.
Mr. James Thomas McManus II
Mr. Thomas E. McMillan Jr.
Mr. Lewis A. Metzger
M&H Valve Co.
Mr. J. Richard Miller III
Mr. Jeffrey M. Miller
Mrs. Karen Russell Miller
Mr. Donald Bolton Mills
Mrs. Marie Mills
Mr. Mayer Mitchell
Mr. J. Stephen Monger
Mr. Kirby Vincent Montgomery
Mr. Kenneth Ervin Moore
Mr. Garey Pate Morrison
Mr. Harris V. Morrissette
Mr. Wiley Mullins III
Mr. James D. Nabors
Northwestern Mutual
Dr. Jimmy Blansett Nunis
OSullivan Creel LLP
Mr. James Bentley Owens III
Dr. Herbert Palmberger
Panalpina Inc.
Mr. Lee Pardue and Mrs. Denise Pardue
Mr. Philip L. Patterson and Mrs. Selene W. Patterson
Ms. Teresa Callaway Peacock
Pearce, Bevill, Leesburg & Moore PC
Peoples Bank & Trust Co.
Mr. R. Don Pettus
Dr. Beverly C. Phifer
Mr. Jerry Don Phillips II
Point Expertise LLC
Mr. John W. Popp
Mr. William A. Bill Powell Jr.
Mr. Brandon Patrick Price and Mrs. Dominique Glinzler Price
Mr. H. Mallory Privett Jr.
Mrs. Barbara Nelson Pugh
Mr. F. Michael Reilly
Mrs. Linda G. Reitenga
Mr. Charles H. Renfroe
Mr. Edgar Lee Reynolds
Mr. Michael Wayne Rhiney and Ms. Lisa M. Rhiney
Dr. James V. Richardson
Dr. Lynne Davis Richardson
Mr. William E. Richardson
Ms. Susan C. Roberts
Mr. Farrell E. Robinson
Mr. Richard Howard Robinson
Mr. Robert Oliver Rolfe
Mr. William A. Rose
Mr. J. Steven Roy
Mr. H. Carlton Rushin
The Hon. R. Timothy Russell
Mr. J.E. Saliba

Mr. Yetta G. Samford Jr.

SAS Institute Inc.
Ms. Lorilee Medders Schneider
Mrs. Alma Gates Scroggins
Mr. Larry Thomas Shaffer
Mr. Michael J. Sheehan
Mr. Dennis Wayne Shuler
Mr. Kim J. Singh
Mr. Stephen D. Sledge
Mr. Jeffrey R. Smith and Mrs. Jayma S. Smith
Mr. Mark Clay Smith
Mr. W. Stancil Starnes
Mr. Bart Starr Jr.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Mr. William H. Stender Jr.
Mrs. Julie Simon Stevenson
Mr. Ronald E. Stewart
Mr. Frank Stockard III
Mr. Ralph Anthony Stokes
Mr. Thomas S. Stribling
Mrs. Alison Martindale Strickler
Mr. Richard Edward Stroud
Mr. Russell Terry
Mr. John Russell Thomas
Dr. Arthur A. Thompson Jr.
Mr. C. Reynolds Thompson III
Mr. R. Waid Thompson
Mr. Craig W. Tolbert
Mr. Jeffrey M. Travis Sr.
Mr. R. Neal Travis
Mr. Louis Harold Tuck
Mr. John M. Turner Jr.
Ms. Shelby Jean Tutwiler
The Hon. John Caius Tyson III
Mr. William T. Ventress Jr.
Mr. Talmai Owen Vickers
Mr. T.A. Walton II
Mr. Michael C. Warr
Warren, Averett, Kimbrough & Marino PC
Mr. John Thomas Watley IV
Way, Ray & Shelton, CPAs
Mr. H.B. Weaver Jr.
Mr. Adolph Weil III
Mr. David S. Weinberger
Mr. Stewart H. Welch III
The Westervelt Company Donor Advised Fund
Mr. Ralph Eugene White Jr.
Mr. Duncan F. Williams
Mr. Turner B. Williams
Mr. William J. Williams
Mr. Ralph Roland Wright
Mr. David Brent Wyper
Mr. Bryan D. Yokley
Z Solutions Inc.
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Bumi Asih Jaya Life Insurance Co. LTD
Mr. Charles S. Caldwell III
Mrs. Karen Jones Campbell
Mr. Michael Edward Case and Mrs. Lynda Lynch Case
Mr. John Marcus Cassimus
CGI-AMS Shared Services
Mr. J. Weldon Cole and Mrs. Delores Cole
Mr. W. Anthony Davis III
DCH Regional Medical Center
Mr. E.A. Larry Drummond
Mr. Steven John Ellis
Mr. William E. Ezell III
Mr. Joseph M. Farley
Mr. Samuel Barton Fields
Mr. Lowell J. Friedman
Mr. Alex O. Gatewood
Mr. Ted W. Giles
Mr. Joseph G. Griffin
Mr. J. Barry Griswell
Mr. Chad T. Hagwood
Mr. W. Dwight Harrigan
Mr. Michael Scott Hartley
HealthSouth Corp.
Mr. Ronald C. Helveston
Mr. Taylor H. Henry Jr.
Mr. Philip Morton Hodgson
Mr. Kurt W. Hopper
Mr. John Earl Ingram
Dr. Robert W. Ingram
Jemison Investment Co. Inc.
Mr. Carl Jones
Mr. Robert Kerr
Mr. Keith David Levingston
Mr. Robert E. Lowder
Mr. Peter L. Lowe
Mr. James A. Mallon
Mr. Arthur D. Mangold
Mrs. Charlotte B. Marshall
Mr. Alan Martin
Mason Corp.
Mr. George McAdams
Mr. Thomas W. Moore
Mr. Donald Woodrow Nalley Jr.
Mr. Larry E. Newman
Mr. Charles A. Norwood
Mr. L. Dean OFarrell
Mrs. Carmen Page
Mrs. Thelma F. Parker
Mr. W. Scott Passmore
Mrs. Nancy D. Pate-Nelson
Mr. J. Wray Pearce
Mr. William Byers Philips Jr.
Mr. Lee S. Piper
Mr. E.C. Powell Jr.
Mrs. Minnie H. Rast
Regions Financial Corporation
Mr. Charles Perry Relfe
Mrs. Susan Opel Rheney
Mrs. Martha Lou Jones Riddle
Mr. Allen W. Ritchie
Mr. John F. Roemer
Rohm & Haas
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bestowed upon individuals and institutions
that contribute $550 to $999.99 to the
College or any of its academic programs.
The names of members whose contributions
were wholly or partly directed to the Commerce
Executives Society, the annual fund for the College
of Commerce, appear italicized.

Mr. John Michael Adams

Dr. Samuel N. Addy
Mr. Randal Prisock Alford
Dr. Deborah S. Archambeault
Mr. Thomas Whit Armstrong
Mrs. Julia-Alice M. Barnes
Mr. George M. Blankenbeckler
Mr. Richard Bradford
Mr. James Alton Britain Jr.
Mr. Charles Michael Buckner
Mr. Ronald Frank Bush, Ph.D.
Mr. William George Caffee Jr.
Mr. John Trotman Carroll
Mr. Bryan Ross Chandler
Dr. James P. Cover
Mr. Philip Douglas Cox
Mr. James C. Cunningham Jr.
Mrs. Jill Verdeyen Deer
Dr. Frank Todd DeZoort
Mr. Anthony Joseph DiPiazza
Mrs. Patti Rice Eggers
Mr. Samuel R. Flowers Sr.
Mr. James William Greiner
Mr. Claude B. Gullatt III
Mr. Peter Thomas Hodo Jr.
Mr. Robert Lewis Holman
Mr. John Timothy Holmes
Mr. Jesse Bounds Horst
Mr. Terry William Humphryes
Mr. D. Raines Jordan
Mr. Daniel J. Justice
Mr. James Cooper Kelsoe Jr.
Mr. Michael Kennedy
Mr. James Michael Lovelady
Mrs. Tina Wall Maloney
Dr. Louis D. Marino
Mr. Randy Max Mayfield
Mr. Michael Joseph Mazenko
Mr. F. Patrick McConnell
Mr. Jerry D. McCutchen
Mr. David W. McGill
Mr. Robert Eugene Milam Jr.
Mr. Larry Travis Miles
Ms. Karen J. Mooney
Mr. Patrick Rickman Moore
Mr. Paul Clifford Morrow
Mr. James H. Nelems
Mr. Jason Leon Overstreet
Mr. Thomas E. Owens

Mr. Kevin E. Partlow

Dr. Ronald James Patten
Mr. John Howard Reamey
Dr. Robert Glenn Richey Jr.
Mr. Larry Joe Ruffin
Mr. Billy James Sassaman
Dr. Charles P. Schmidt
Mr. Fred W. Sellers Jr.
Mr. Irving Silver and Mrs. Frances Silver
Mrs. Holli Hoelscher Simon
Mr. C. William Smith
Mr. Riley Boykin Smith
Mr. David W. Sorrelle
Mr. W. Wilson Stewart Jr.
Dr. A.J. Lonnie Strickland
Mr. Kenneth Comer Tankersley
Mr. Alton Finn Thompson Jr. and

Mrs. Henrisue Russum Thompson
Mr. George William Thompson III
Mr. James D. Thybony
Mr. Charles T. Townsend
Mr. Carl E. Valentine
Ms. Beverly Sue Virciglio
Mr. Andrew Cox Wade Sr.
Mr. Lonnie Brunson White
Mr. Jeffrey W. Whitmire
Mr. Johnny Mack Wilborn
Mr. A.S. Williams III
Col. Marinda Coultas Wood
Mr. Rudy Wuwungan
Mr. Charles B. Yates
Mr. John Fritz Yeager Jr.

Executives Club
The Executives Club is open to individuals
and institutions that contribute $275 to
$549.99 to the College or any of its academic
programs.
The names of members whose contributions
were wholly or partly directed to the Commerce
Executives Society, the annual fund for the College
of Commerce, appear italicized.
Mr. William Ervin Abernethy Jr.
Mr. E.D. Aderholt
Mr. Jason Curtiss Alexander
Ms. Dana Altieri
Mr. Stephen Amason
Mr. Todd William Anderson
Mr. Eugene R. Andrzejewski
Ms. Susan Cormany Angelo
Mr. Lamar C. Bagby
Mr. Lawrence Edwin Baggett
Mr. Terry Bagwell
Mr. S. Allen Baker Jr.
Mr. William Mark Baker
Dr. Norm Baldwin and Mrs. Karen Meshad Baldwin
Mr. Herbert Alexander Barr Sr.

Mr. James M. Bates

Mr. Ronald L. Baynes and Mrs. Marie Ellzey Baynes
Mr. Rolla Earl Beck III
Mr. John Reese Bedsole
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Beldon
Mr. Donald Henry Bevill
Mr. George Bloodworth
Mrs. Anne Campbell Bloom
Mr. Estan J. Bloom and Mrs. Star K. Bloom
Mr. David Robert Bockel
Mr. Joseph A. Boohaker
Mr. Kevin Bruce Borie
Mr. Stephen Earl Bradley
Mr. Paul Gordon Brashier
Mr. Hollis O. Bridges
Mr. Harry B. Brock III
Mr. Barry Christopher Brown Sr.
Mrs. Dorothy E. Brown
Mr. Jack Edward Brunson
Mr. William Lister Brunson Jr.
Mr. Leland H. Burgess
Mrs. Susan White Burroughs
Mr. David R. Carpenter
Mr. Henri J. Chalhoub
Dr. Kam Chuen Chan
Mr. Jeffrey S. Chitwood
Mr. Steven A. Christian
Mr. Randy Cimorelli
Mr. Charles T. Clayton Jr.
Mr. William Thomas Cochran
Mr. Jeffrey F. Coleman
Mr. Roger Barry Coleman
Mr. J. Paul Compton Jr.
Mr. Patrick Rory Conner
Mr. William Earl Cooper
Mr. Brett Aron Cornwell
Mr. Thomas Randall Cotton
Mr. Chandler F. Cox Jr. and Mrs. Anna Cooper Cox
Mr. John Douglas Cox
Mr. James W. Craft
Mr. W. Gene Crafton and

Mrs. Katherine Chancey Crafton
CRC Insurance Services
The Hon. Arthur M. Cromarty
Mr. James S. Crow
Mr. Norman Alton Crow Jr.
Mr. William Henry Crozier
Mr. Bobby Gerald Cryar
Mr. Robert Francis Cullen III
Mr. Joshua Craig Cummings
Mr. William H. Cunningham
Mr. Donald Christopher Curtin
Mr. Douglas Burton Davis
Miss Mary Gwendolyn Davis
Dr. Sara D. Davis
Mr. Robert J. Davison
Ms. Pamela Lynn Dawson
Mr. A. James De Hayes
Mr. Stephen Matthew Dent
Mr. Thomas Dickens
Mr. Christopher E. Dietrick
Mr. Scott Jason Dollar
Mr. Harry Phelan Dorlon Jr.
Mr. Kirk Dortch

Dr. Richard L. Doughty

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dove
Dr. Ronald E. Dulek
Mr. Bromley C. Dyson
Ms. Allyson Leigh Edwards
Mr. Claude D. Edwards
Mr. John Alston Elsevier
Mr. Joe Walter Esco
Mr. Joseph C. Espy III
Mr. James Harvey Farrior Jr.
Mr. L.O. Farris Jr.
Mr. Jeffrey McKay Fields
Mr. David Scott Fisher
Mr. Quin E. Flowers Jr.
Mr. Brent Thomas Fykes
Mr. John W. Gant Jr.
Mr. James R. Garrison Jr.
Mr. Alan Gates
Mr. Frederick A. George Jr.
Mr. Walter Houston Givhan
Mr. Grayson Max Glaze, J.D.
Mr. James H. Godfrey Jr.
Mr. Lawrence Alan Goldberg and Mrs. Cindy T. Goldberg
Mr. Arvil Davis Goode Jr.
Mr. William Lawson Goodman Jr.
Mr. U.V. Goodwyn
Ms. Robin Bolen Gosser
Mr. Hubbard Vann Gravlee
Mr. William Stanley Gregory
Mr. Alva McGriff Grimsley III
Mr. Marshall H. Groom
Mr. David Kirk Gunby III
Mr. William H. Guthman
Mr. Jimmie A. Hallman
Mr. James C. Hamner
Mr. David L. Harwood
Mr. Joseph Edward Hawley Jr.
Mrs. Mitzi Prince Henley
Mr. Walter J. Henson Jr.
Mr. Mark Steven Hierbaum
Mr. Phillip Newton Holley
Mr. James Hubert Hollis Jr.
Mr. Parks Hollis III
Mr. Kamal Sewah Hosein
Mr. James Howe
Mrs. Lynn Nolen Huddle
Mr. Gregory Darrell Hulsey
Mr. Charles Steven Humphries
Mr. W. Bruce Hutchins III
Mr. Gregory Don Hyde
Insurance Information Institute Inc.
Mr. Jay Ison
Mr. David M. James
Mr. Michael David Johns
Mr. Burell C. Johnson
Ms. Gina Johnson
Mr. Larry Dwight Johnson
Mr. Michael Godbold Johnson
Mr. S. Macey Johnson III
Mr. Michael Ralph Johnston
Dr. Robert Dail Johnston
Mr. Sam L. Jollit
Mr. Michael A. Jones
Mr. Michael Eugene Jones

Mr. Winfred Justice

Mr. Richard E. Kaplan
Mr. David Paul Kassouf
Mr. Carter Stallworth Kennedy
Mr. James Edward Kennedy Sr.
Mr. Alan Lee Kosten
Mr. Alfred Eugene Kullman Jr.
Mr. Daniel Oren Kustoff and Mrs. Allison Beldon Kustoff
Mr. Albert L. Labovitz
Dr. Pik Ki Lai
Mr. Kirk P. Lakeman
Mr. James Michael Lambert
Mr. Troy Joseph Lampley and Mrs. Laura Ray Lampley
Mr. Frederick William Langrehr and

Mrs. Virginia B. Langrehr
Mr. Junsoo Lee
Ms. Susan R. Lee
Mr. Jack Register Leigh
Mr. William R. Long
Mr. Kenneth S. Luton
Ms. Rebecca Blue Lyles
Mr. Phillip A. Magnes
Ms. Lisa M. Mani
Mr. Drew Markley
Mr. Bobby Lamar Martin
Mrs. Cynthia Self Martin
Mr. Gordon Dallam Martin
Dr. J. Barry Mason
Mr. Larry Douglas Mauldin
Mr. Charlie Stephen McAdams
Mr. Willard McCall Jr.
Mr. Robert W. McDowell
Dr. James E. McLean
Mr. Thomas McNeely
Mr. Charles Edward McNeil Jr.
Ms. Joyce Lynn Meyer
Mr. Stephen W. Mezzell
Mr. Chelsie Joe Mills
Mr. Judson Michael Minges
Mr. John W. Minor III
Mr. Mitchell Mintz
Mr. C. Richard Moore Jr.
Mr. James Kermit Moore
Mr. Ross A. Morton
Mr. Walter Ernest Moss
Ms. Nora E. Moushey
Mrs. Caterina A. Mozingo
Mr. William David Muncher
Mr. John Trussell Murdock
Dr. Henry Warren Nash
Mr. Christopher Todd Nicholson and

Mrs. Ashley Calhoun Nicholson
Mr. Douglas B. Nunnelley
Mr. Walter Flake Oakley IV
Dr. Richard E. Olson
Mr. Larry Dalton Osborne
Mr. William H. Oswalt
Mr. Wilmer Parker III
Mr. James David Parr
Mr. Alan Thad Pate
Mr. Houston Lee Pearce
Mr. Gus G. Pelekis
Mr. Richard Terry Perdue
Mr. Gary W. Pharo

Mr. Allen C. Phillips

Dr. Jack J. Phillips
Dr. Harry Melvin Philpott
Mrs. Staci D. Pierce
Mr. Alan Paul Pizzitola
Mr. Paul Christopher Pledger
Mr. James T. Plunkett and Mrs. Sara Ann Lee Plunkett
Mr. Joseph H. Plunkett
Mr. James B. Pope Sr.
Mr. Anthony C. Portera
Mr. James Washington Powell Jr.
Mr. Richard L. Powell
Mr. Jack Powers
Dr. Lena B. Prewitt
Mr. James L. Priester
Mrs. Denise G. Radzieta
Ms. Ashley Ramage
Mr. Brian Allen Rankin
Mr. Rex Rankin
Mrs. Elizabeth Ratliff
Mr. Sam A. Renta Jr.
Mr. Jim Richardson
Mr. James David Robertson
Mr. Ian Rolland
Mr. Latham G. Saddler Sr.
Mr. Joe H. Saueressig
Mr. Edward Walton Sauls
Mr. William Hollis Saxon
Mr. James Ernest Scarbrough
Lt. Col. James C. Schaaf, retired
The Hon. Vincent Joseph Schilleci Jr.
Mr. Michael Anthony Seals
Mr. Robert Emmett Seibels III
Mr. Dennis Richard Self
Mrs. Nanci Martin Sexton
Dr. Annette Nevin Shelby
Mr. Gene Shell
Mr. Lloyd Carson Shelton
Mr. Edward Tillery Simmons
Mr. John Govan Simms Jr.
Mr. J. Brian Singleton
Mr. Frederic W. Sington Jr.
Mr. James Daniel Sizemore
Mr. James Johnson Sledge
Mr. Timothy Alan Smalley
Mr. Royce R. Smith
Mr. Stanley McCreary Smith
Mr. Temple C. Stark
Mr. Jay Stefanek
Mr. Luther Mason Stone
Mr. Jon Patrick Strength and Mrs. Sandra A. Strength
Mr. William Porter Stribling
Mr. James B. Striplin
Mr. Russell R. Stutts Jr.
Mr. Jeffrey Lynn Styles
Mr. William Calvin Taylor and Mrs. Louis C. Fortner Taylor
Russell Terry Agency
The Hon. Charles Allen Thigpen
Mr. Whitmer A. Thomas
Mrs. Elizabeth Holman Thomson
Mr. Jack O. Tomlinson Sr.
Dr. William H. Tomlinson, Col., retired
Mr. James Benjamin Tompkins
Mr. David Towery
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Associate
Executives Club
Membership in the Associate Executives
Club is offered to individuals and
corporations that contribute $125 to $274.99
to the College or any of its academic
programs.
The names of members whose contributions
were wholly or partly directed to the Commerce
Executives Society, the annual fund for the College
of Commerce, appear italicized.
Mr. B. Michael Aarons
Mr. Walter Lamar Abbott
Mr. Martin Jerome Abercrombie
Mr. Fred Moseley Acuff Jr.
Miss Candice Arlene Adkinson
Mr. William Henry Agee
Dr. Glenn James Ahrenholz
Mr. George E. Aiken Jr.
Mr. Sam Joseph Alfano
Mr. Bradley Huston Alford
Mr. Jack G. Allen
Mr. A. Jack Allison Jr.
Mr. Richard Curtis Allison Jr.
Dr. Gordon McLeod Amsler

Mr. Richard Rodger Anders Jr.

Mrs. Kathryn D. Anderson
Mr. Thomas George Andreades
Mrs. Joyce M. Andrews
Ms. Julie M. Andrzejewski
Mr. Alex Arendall
Mr. Gary Albert Arndt
Mr. Mark Arnold
Mr. Warren R. Austin
Mr. James A. Avrett
Mr. Johnnie R. Aycock
Mr. Daniel Babin
Mr. Jerry B. Baggett
Mr. Jackson B. Bailey
Mr. James Wade Bailey
Mr. Jonathan D. Bailey
Mr. Judson O. Bailey III
Mrs. Tambra L. Bailie
Mr. Robert C. Baird Jr.
Maj. George Lewis Baker
Mr. Walter L. Baker Jr.
Mr. S. Eason Balch Sr.
Ballenger Co.
Mr. Jon C. Ballenger Jr.
Bank of Tuscaloosa
Mr. Philip B.M. Banks
Mr. James Fredrick Barger
Dr. Sara E. Barger
Dr. Robert Lewis Barker
Mr. Louis Edwin Barnes III
Mr. Robert Allan Barrett
Mr. Daniel L. Bass
Mr. Darrell E. Bass
Mr. E. David Bates III
Mr. Russell Elbert Baxley
Mr. Wade Baxley
Miss Lisa Michelle Bayer
Mr. Kenneth Brian Baymiller
Mr. Stephen Patrick Beale
Mr. James Franklin Beall
Mr. Harvey Bearden
Mr. Marvin Irving Bearman
Mr. Jim F. Beasley
Mr. George Milton Beason Jr.
Mr. Scott Randall Becraft
Ms. Mary Ann Bedsole
Mr. Walter A. Bell
Mr. Willis Kyle Benefield
Mr. Daniel Dale Bennett
Mr. Gary W. Bentley
Mr. John Edward Bentley
Mr. Kenneth Bernard Beringer
Mr. Wilbur Gentry Berry Jr.
Mrs. Carlye Carlovitz Best
Mrs. Sharon Moore Bettius
Mr. Lewis Edward Beville
Mr. Lawrence Neal Bice
Mr. E. Steven Bigelow
Mr. Edward D. Biggers
Mr. James Cleveland Biggs
Mr. William J. Billingsley
Mr. Clay A. Bishop Jr.
Mr. F. Lloyd Blackwell
Mr. James Ernest Blair

Mr. Harold J. Blankenship

Mr. Jeffery L. Blankenship
Mr. Glenn Paul Blankinchip
Mr. Donald Loveman Blumenthal
Mrs. Lindsey Blumenthal
Mr. Allen Marshall Bodner
Mrs. Terry Points Boney
Mr. Charles H. Boohaker
Mr. George Charles Boohaker
Mr. John C. Boohaker
Mr. William Baxter Booth Jr.
Mr. Russell Fred Boren Jr.
Ms. Michelle Lee Boteler
Mr. Norman William Botsford
Mr. F. Thomas Boudreau IV
Ms. M. Lynne Boughton
Mr. Thomas Lamar Bowman
Mr. James Ronald Boyd
Mrs. Paige Jones Boyd
Mr. Rex Neil Boyd
Mrs. Pamela M. Boyles
Mr. David Lee Bradley
Mr. Joe H. Brady Jr.
Mr. James L. Brazeale
Mr. Marshall B. Breland
Mr. James Raymond Breth
Mr. Richard Shields Brinson
Mr. Frederick W. Bromberg
Ms. Elizabeth S. Brown
Mr. Milton L. Brown
Mr. Patrick Terrence Brown
Mr. Vlencon Lawson Brown
Mr. Marcus L. Bruchis and Mrs. Susan Mayer Bruchis
Mr. Jerry Lynn Buckner
Mr. Ronald Keven Bufford
Mr. Barry S. Bullard
Mr. James Andrew Bunn
Mr. John Anthony Burke
Mr. Roger Alan Burke
Mr. Anthony J. Burnett
Dr. John Eugene Burnett
Mr. C. Benton Burroughs Jr.
Ms. Janice Marie Burrows
Mr. Buddy Burton
Dr. Hughlene Annette Burton
Mr. Robert R. Burton III
Mr. Robert William Burton
Mrs. Amanda L. Burwell
Mr. E. Dudley Burwell III
Mr. Julian David Butler
Mr. Walter R. Byars Jr.
Dr. Lewis R. Cabe
Mr. Adolphe Catlin Cade IV
Mr. John D. Cade
Mr. Donald C. Caldwell
Mr. Harry Edwin Caldwell Jr.
Mr. James Daniel Caldwell
Mr. Paul Wesley Calhoun
Ms. Keena Paige Calloway
Mr. Dennis Cameron
Mrs. Donna H. Camp
Mr. James Monroe Campbell Jr.
Mr. John Thomas Campbell
Mr. Robert Lee Campbell

Mr. William J. Campbell

Mr. Jay S. Campen
Mr. James Abraham Cannon
Mr. Mac Fay Carpenter
Mrs. Shanna Spivey Carter
Mr. Stephen B. Castleberry and Mrs. Debbie D. Castleberry
Mr. Luke Cates
Mr. Steven Craig Cephus
Mr. Joe Allan Chambliss
Mr. David Ross Channell
Mr. Michael Dale Channell
Mr. William Jerry Chappell Jr. and

Mrs. Jacqueline Phillips Chappell
The Chappelle Foundation
Mr. Allan James Chappelle
Mrs. Charlotte S. Cherry
Mr. William Hugh Cherry
The Hon. B. Miller Childers
Mr. Wayne Childress
Mr. Albert Dawson Christian Jr.
Mr. C. Jay Clark
Mr. Avery Austin Clenney
Ms. Rachel Johnson Cobia
Mr. Richard Easter Coffee Jr.
Mr. Timothy Lewis Colburn
Mrs. Mary Holman Cole
Mr. Frederick Eugene Coleman
Mr. Frank Morgan Connell Sr.
Mr. Bryce Gerald Connor
Mr. Ivan B. Cooper
Mr. Van Cooper
Mr. W.H. Cooper IV
Ms. Tiffany Lynne Cordes
Mrs. Jill Bailey Cordle
Mr. D. Bradley Cork
Mr. Ezell Cornelius
Mr. James Vanis Corr
Dr. Jacob D. Corriher Jr.
Mr. Terry Alan Costello
Mr. H. Ken Cottingham
Mr. Dick Cowart
Mr. G. Richard Cowart and Mrs. Jennie C. Cowart
Mrs. Stacy C. Craig
Dr. Jean Greene Crawford
Mr. Dennis Keith Crews
Mr. W. Baker Crow IV
Mr. Warren B. Crow III
Mr. Joseph Patrick Crowell
Mr. Patrick Terrance Cultra
Mr. B. King Curry
Mr. Derrel G. Curry
Mr. Roy Alden Dale
Mr. Frank DAmico III
Mrs. Sarah Long Damson
Mr. James Davidson Daniel
Dr. Earl F. Davis
Mr. James Austin Davis IV
Mrs. Paulette B. Davis
Mr. Robert Leroy Davis Jr.
Mr. Steven Wayne Davis
Mr. Ernest L. Deal Jr.
Dr. Frank Deaver
Mr. George Edwin Deavours
Mr. Todd M. Deffenbaugh

Mr. A. Fox deFuniak III

Mrs. Carole Williams Delchamps
Mr. Hampton Eugene Dempsey
Mr. Charles L. Denaburg
Mr. John William Denman Jr.
Mr. John Carroll Deprato
Mr. Walne Watson Donald
Mrs. Ann Chesnut Dooley
Mr. James Farley Doss
Mr. Robert Cotten Douglass Jr.
Mr. Michael Douglas Drake
Mr. Kenneth O. Duke II
Mr. Warren G. Dunnavent
Mr. Hoyt Herbert Durham
Mr. John W. Durr
Mrs. Jennifer Earls
Mrs. Elizabeth James Earnest
Mr. William Jordan Eastwood
Mr. Stephen K. Eberhart
Mr. Charles Lee Echols
Mr. Eddie Echols
Mr. Michael H. Echols
Mr. Leon W. Edwards
Mr. Richard Dale Edwards
Mrs. Jan Josey Ehrhardt
Mr. Nathan Allen Einstein
Ms. Patricia M. Eisenhauer
Mr. John B. Elbin
Mr. Paul Elkourie and Mrs. Wanda Joy Elkourie
Mr. John Frank Ellis
Mr. William Michael Elmore
Ms. Mandy McManus Emedi
Mr. Stephen Lynn Entrekin
Mr. Marvin S. Epstein
Mrs. Kimberly Robbins Escovedo
Mr. Brad Robert Estess and Mrs. Sharon Senger Estess
Mr. James Bruce Faison
Mr. Christopher Farmer
Mrs. Carol Wiggins Farrell
Mr. Mark Thomas Faulkner
Financial Control Systems Inc.
Mr. Britton Ross Finch
Mrs. Kathy M. Finch
Mrs. Holly Dukes Fine
Mr. James William Flowers
Mr. Dewey Ryan Fortune Jr.
Mr. John G. Foshee
Mr. Richard Jack Frady
Mr. Ronnie James Franklin
Mr. Brandon Frazier
Mr. Earnest Neil Friday
Mr. Jesse Daniel Frix
Mr. Bruce Allen Fryer
Mr. William Henry Fuller Jr.
Mr. Ben F. Galloway
Mr. Daniel Reece Galyean Jr.
Mr. M. Keith Gann Sr.
Ms. Julia Rebecca Gardner
Mr. L. Lee Garrison
Mr. Paul Hughey Garrison
Mr. Darrin Scott Gashaw
Mr. Allan Gassenheimer
Dr. Jule Borg Gassenheimer
Mr. Jason Ryan Gensburger

Mrs. Karen A. Gentile

Mr. Hollis N. Gieger Jr.
Mr. Carey Parks Gilbert
Mr. Christopher Morris Gill
Mr. Christopher L. Gillespie
Ms. Carol Elizabeth Gilliland
Mr. Wayne H. Gillis
Mr. Winston Howard Gillum Jr.
Mr. James Milan Givan
Mrs. Gisele Grogan Glaze
Mr. Bob Glendenning
Mr. Edward M. Glenn
Mr. Thomas Worth Glover III
Dr. Ronald Earl Goldsmith
Mr. Chester Goldstein
Mr. Milton Irving Goldstein
Mrs. Pamela Kay Kelley Golson
Ms. Mary Margaret Gomillion
Mr. Bedford Kyle Goodwin IV
Dr. Jacob F. Goossen and Mrs. Shirley Reed Goossen
The Hon. William Roger Gordon
Mr. Adrian Mervyn Grant
Ms. Didi C. Grant
Mr. J. Steven Graves
Mrs. Glenda Ritchie Gravlee
Mr. Ronald Drayton Green
Mrs. Susan M. Green
Ms. Carolyn L. Greene
Mr. Michael Allen Greene
Mr. Robert Louis Greenwald
Ms. Amanda Gail Grett
Mr. John Patrick Greve
Mr. Joseph J. Gribbin
Mrs. Lorraine E. Grice
Mr. Dean Alan Griffin
Mr. Marshall D. Griffin
Mrs. Sally MaHaffey Griffis
Mr. Charles S. Grimsley
Mr. Ronald M. Grzymkowski
Mr. Joseph Anthony Guarino
Mr. Ted Gulas
Mr. Charles Joseph Guyton
Mr. Willis Cobb Hagan III
Mr. John E. Hagefstration Jr.
Mr. Jonathan Hagood
Mr. Dayton Foster Hale Sr.
Mr. Robert Alan Hall
Mr. Daniel Clay Hallford
Mr. Jacob A. Halpern
Mr. Steven M. Hamil and Mrs. Susan W. Hamil
Mrs. Lou Ann Koptis Hamilton
Mr. Richard Hamm
Mr. William Joseph Hamner
Mr. Richard E. Hanan
Mr. Richard Paul Hanna Jr.
Mr. Jimmy Hugh Hardin
Mr. Thomas Eugene Harding
Mr. Thomas Leon Harrell
Mr. John Robert Harris III
Mr. Harold M. Harrison
Mr. David Kirk Hartin
Mr. C. Kenneth Hartley Jr.
Mr. George Alan Hartley
The Hon. R. Bernard Harwood Jr.
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Mrs. Virginia G. Treglown

Mr. William Forrest Trick
Mr. Joseph C. Troncale Jr.
Mr. Donnie F. Tucker
Mr. J.A. Tucker
Mr. Paul Anthony Tucker and Ms. Sue G. Tucker
Dr. Richard Allen Turpin
Mr. Richard David Urrutia
Mr. Lemuel Gray Vaughan
Mrs. Glenda Marshall Vaughn
Ms. Merilyn Faye Vines
Mr. Stanley R. Virciglio
Mrs. Terri Jackson Wade
Mr. Kenneth Paul Waller
Mr. Charles C.T. Wang
Mr. Daniel H. Waters Jr.
Mr. Peter Weiss
Mr. Stephen W. Whatley and Mrs. Lucy P. Whatley
Mr. Paul Chadrick Wheeler
Mr. Thomas Michael White Jr.
Mr. George R. Wilder
Mrs. Judith Bonner Wilkinson
Mr. Alvin Jerome Williams
Mr. Wayne Lavon Williams
Mr. Jeffrey T. Windham
Mr. W. Haig Wright II
Mr. Robert Michael Yarbro
Mrs. Mary Gail W. Yeargan
The Hon. Thomas Newman Younger

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Ms. Linda Johnson
Mr. Jerry Michael Johnston
Mr. John Mark Johnston
The Hon. John David Jolly
Mr. Clyde W. Jones
Miss Lesley Ann Jones
Mrs. Mary E. Whatley Jones
Mr. Ralph C. Jones
Mr. Gerard J. Kassouf
Mr. W. Kent Keasler
Mrs. Leigh Donahoo Kelley
Mr. Jerry M. Kelly
Mr. Jack Scott Kennedy
Mr. Matthew R. Kennedy
Ms. Leigh Keno
Mr. John Charles Kimbrell Jr.
Mr. Alan Lamar King
Ms. Pamela L. Klinner
Drs. Raymond A. and Lee G. Knight
Mr. Alex Steven Kontos
Mr. Constantine G. Koutroulakis
Mr. David Lee Kraft
Mr. David C. Kramer and Dr. Travy Robertson Kramer
Mr. Jimmy Charles Kubina
Mr. Chris Kyle
Mr. Drew Kyle
Mr. William F. Lacey
Mr. Allen J. Lambert
Mr. Harvey Landrum
Mr. Carl L. Langlois
Mr. Roger Patrick LaRock
Mr. Frank Quarles Lassiter
Dr. Stephen Lauten and Mrs. Nancy Rast Lauten
Mr. James Michael Lavelle
Mr. W. Thomas Lavender and Mrs. Sunee Gates Lavender
Mr. Samuel Louis Lawler
Mr. Reid Lawson
Mr. Thomas Edward Lazenby
Mr. Alan Ray Leach
Mr. Charles Vernon Lee Jr.
Mr. Clayton Richard Lee II
Mr. John Robert Lee
Mr. Otis Ray Lee
Russell S. Lee Floor & Tile Co.
Mr. Wallace Lee
Mr. Sanford Jay Leeds III
Mr. Ronald A. Leet
Mr. Paul LeGrand and Mrs. Louise Lane LeGrand
Mr. Larry Bruce Levingston
Mr. Arnold Dean Lewis
Mr. Joe Bryant Lewis
Mr. John H. Lewis Jr.
Mr. Michael Lee Lewis
Mr. John Charles Lichty
Dr. James A. Ligon and Mrs. Kim J. Ligon
Mr. Shuguang Liu
Mr. Harold Hubbard Livingston
Mr. Heyward Locke
Mr. Dwight David Lockhart
Mr. John L. Loftis
Mr. David Edward Long
Mr. Carl T.J. Lowe
Mr. Peter Loftis Lowe Jr.

Mr. Jason Eddy Lueg

Mrs. Cathy H. Lunsford
Mr. Mark Lyons III
Mrs. Bobbie W. Macdonald
Mr. William Alfred Mace Jr.
Mr. Melvin Carl Magidson Jr.
Dr. Glida Alexander Magnani
Mr. Elliot B. Maisel
Mr. Phillip Edward Makowski
Mr. Charles Edward Maley III
Col. Rodney Alton Mallette
Mr. Rick L. Manasco and Mrs. Vangi Watson Manasco
Mr. Wilburn Jewett Manderson
Mr. Edward W. Maples
Ms. Mary Katherine Marchiony
Mr. Christopher C. Martin
Ms. Lisa M. Martin
Mr. Robert Ladon Martin
Mr. John Louis Marty Jr.
Dr. John O. Mason Jr.
Mr. Melvin William Mathes III
Mr. C. Wayne Mathews
Mr. Benjamin Borom Mathis
Mr. William Chris Mathison
Mrs. Hattie King Maxwell
Mrs. Terri Cox May
Mr. Jeffery Wayne Maze
Mr. Ernest Clyde McAlister Jr.
Mr. Lewis L. McAllister Jr. and Mrs. Donna R. McAllister
Mr. Lewis Leslie McAllister III
Mr. Stanley Carl McCaa
Mr. James Carmel McClure Jr.
The Hon. Warren Hardin McCollum
Mr. Edwin W. McConnell
Ms. Jennifer H. McCool
Mr. Samuel Robert McCord
Mr. Ronald D. McCoy
Mrs. Natasha Cunningham McCrary
Mr. Dan Warren McCullough
Mr. Keith W. McCullough
Col. George Reese McCurdy III
Mr. Luther Don McDaniel
Mr. Edward B. McDonough Jr.
Mr. Charles T. McDowell
Mr. Russell T. McEwen
Mr. Philip Michael McKinney
Mr. Raymond Allan McKinney
The Hon. Philip B. McLauchlin Jr.
Mrs. Christina Miranda McLean
Mrs. Deborah P. McLeod
Mr. Dale McMillan and Ms. Cindy McMillan
Mr. John R. McNeil Sr.
Mr. Donald C. McNutt
Mr. Z.R. McNutt
Mr. J. Lee McPhearson
Mr. John Tyler McShan Jr.
Mr. Joseph Thomas McSorley
Mr. Albert Jackson Meacham
Mrs. Lynna Thomas Meadows
Dr. Barbara Dubis Merino
Mr. Leonard Herbert Metzger
Mrs. Angi Blalock Meyers
Mr. Andrew Scott Midkiff
Dr. David Michael Miller

Mr. John R. Miller Jr.

Mr. Richard Ernest Miller
Mrs. Susan Newby Ming
Mr. D. Dewey Mitchell
Mr. Dwight Leslie Mixson Jr.
Mr. James Mize
Mr. Guy E. Moman Jr.
Mr. James Troy Moncrief Jr.
Mr. Clifford Frank Moore Jr.
Mrs. Elta Robinson Moore
Mr. Marlin D. Moore Jr.
Mr. Marlin Duncan Moore III
Dr. Roy Newton Moore
Mr. William L. Moore III
Mr. Bryan Earl Morgan
Mr. John Franklin Morgan
Mr. William Morgenstein
Mr. George Pierce Morris Jr.
Mr. Preston M. Morris
Mr. G. Warren Morrison
Mr. Robert Earl Morrison Jr.
Mr. William Eugene Morrow and

Mrs. Virginia Kuhns Morrow
Mr. William Arvid Morton
Mr. Joseph Hershel Mosley
Mr. David Milton Muhlendorf
Mrs. Sharon McDaniel Muller
Ms. Cinnie Lynn Mullins
Mr. Gary A. Mummert
Mr. Kyle Lee Munyon and Mrs. Stacie Roberts Munyon
Mr. J. Donald Myhan
Mr. James D. Nabors Jr.
Mr. Robert E. Nader
Mr. Richard H. Napier
Mr. George M. Neal Jr.
Mr. Russell A. Neese
Mr. Alexander W. Newton
Mr. Eric Kyle Nix
Dr. Thomas Alexander Noble
Mr. David Lewis Nolen
Mr. James Thomas Noojin
Maj. Gen. Robert Wheeler Norris
Mr. Thomas Herbert Norris
Mr. Charles Wilburn Northcutt
Mr. Dale Patrick Nunnelley
Mr. Henry Wrenn Nunnelley
Mr. Todd Douglas Nunnelley
Mr. John Talty OConnor
Miss Suzanne Marie OConnor
Mr. Morgan Oslin Ogilvie Jr.
Mr. Bill Ondocsin
Mr. Larry W. ONeal
Dr. Robert Carl Osburne
Mr. Patrick Lagard OSullivan
Mr. William Whitney Oswalt
Mr. Christopher Wayne Outlaw
Mr. Hugh Borland Overton
Ms. Leslie Owen
Mr. Reginald Osmund Owens
Mr. William H. Page Jr.
Mr. Peter Leonard Palmer
Mrs. Carol Hollis Paramore
Mr. Stanley Park Jr.
Mrs. Celia Partlow

Mr. Daniel Gaines Partrich and Mrs. Sandra Nelson Partrich

Mr. Gary Thomas Partridge
Dr. J. Wayne Patterson
Dr. Donald Monroe Pattillo
Mr. Joseph Pegues Patton
Mr. Andy Paxton
Mr. Larry Clyde Payne
Mr. John Ogle Pearce
Mr. Richard Reynolds Pearce
Mr. Jason Hollis Peck
Mr. Marvin Fletcher Peek Jr.
Mr. J.B. Perry
Mr. Anthony Stephen Persons
Mr. Sidney Tingen Philips
Dr. Joseph Donald Phillips
Mr. Joseph R. Pitard
Mr. John Lawrence Pitts and Mrs. Jenny Beech Pitts
Mr. Joseph Mark Pizzitola
Mr. Victor Phillips Poole Sr.
Mr. Holland Powell
Mrs. Patricia Gillis Powell
The Rev. Ray William Pradat
Mrs. Jessica Lifford Pratt
Mrs. Amy Shirley Price
Mr. Goode Price III
Mr. Robert I. Prichard III
Mr. Robert McQueen Rabon III
Dr. Frank Edward Ranelli
Mr. Will Rasberry
Dr. Thomas Arthur Ratcliffe
Mr. Robert Lamar Rawlinson
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Rawls
Mr. Timothy J. Rayborn
Dr. Frank R. Rayburn
Mr. George Robert Rea Jr.
Mr. James Folmar Reddoch Jr.
Mr. Jerry Phillip Redmill
Mr. Russell Steven Reed
Miss Karen Ann Rehm
Mr. Mark E. Rehm
Mr. Ramsey K. Reich
Dr. Kristy Ellis Reynolds
Mr. Walker Reynolds IV
Mr. Jerry L. Rich
Mrs. Deborah Hood Riddle
Mr. Tim Riley
Mr. William B. Robertson
Mr. William Ray Robertson
Mr. Tom Robinson
Mr. Daniel Ray Rodda
Mr. Terry Wayne Rogers
Mr. Roy Dean Rollings
Mr. Anthony Allyn Roose
Dr. Jerry S. Rosenbloom
Mr. William Hale Ross
Mr. Buddy Rousso
Mr. Bailey Rowden
Mr. Mike Rowell
Mr. Paul L. Rozear
Mrs. Elise L. Ruby
Dr. Patricia M. Rudolph
Ms. Margaret L. Rushing
Mr. Kenton Lowell Russell
Ms. Patricia A. Saad

Mr. Sean Patrick Salter

Mr. Ralph DeWitt Sanderson
Mrs. Kimberly Farnham Sartain
Ms. Cathy L. Scarver
Mr. Rudolph Edwin Schaefer
Mr. Ben Joseph Schillaci
Mr. William Milton Schroeder
Mr. Thomas Henry Schupack
Ms. Leigh Beri Schwartz
Mr. Brentley Ross Scott
Mr. Albert Judson Sealy Jr.
Mr. Mike Segrest
Mr. W. Charles Shelby
Mr. Stanley Wayne Shelton
Mr. Steven Alexander Shelton
Mr. Daniel Joseph Sheridan
Mr. John William Sherman
Mr. Samuel Shiller
Mr. Jeffrey M. Shimizu
Mr. Douglas William Shipp
Mr. Larry W. Shoultz
Mr. Eric H. Siegel and Mrs. Rhonda Hodes Siegel
Maj. Gen. Richard Stephen Siegfried
Mr. William Mead Silsbee Jr.
Mr. Jerry Morton Silverstein
Dr. James T. Simpson
Mr. Ron Simpson
Mr. Bert Sims
Mr. William H. Singleton
Ms. Anita Clegg Skipper
Col. Bobby W. Smart, retired
Brig. Gen. Neil R. Smart, retired
Mr. Brian C. Smith
Mr. Charles Wiley Smith Jr.
Ms. Claire Smith
Mr. Glenn Warren Smith
Mr. Harold Tompkins Smith Jr.
Mr. Jeffery Scott Smith, CPA
Mr. Mark Alan Smith
Mr. Rowan Dennis Smith
Mr. Roy Ellis Smith
Mr. Tim A. Smith
Mr. Wesley Scott Smith
Mr. William E. Smith Jr.
Dr. John C. Snider
Mr. Hubert Lanier Sockwell
Mr. Christopher McLeod South
Mr. Christopher M. Sparks
Mr. David S. Sparks
Mr. Randall Loyd Sparks
Mr. Alan Wood Speaker
Mrs. Jo Humphries Speer
Mrs. Nidia Spence
Mr. Guy J. Spencer Jr.
Mr. Paul Randal Spivey
Mr. Steven Earl Sprayberry Sr.
Mr. Lendie Rogers Springfield
Mr. Allan D. Spritzer and Mrs. Cecilia M. Spritzer
Mr. Charles Glenn Stamps
Mr. Robert Boxley Stamps
Mr. Nathan Eugene Stephen
Mrs. Katrina Iacobelli Stephens
Mr. Ricky James Stephens
Mr. Samuel C. Stephens III
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Mr. William George Hatcher
Mr. Ronald Vernoy Hayes
Mr. Victor L. Hayslip
Mr. James A. Head III
Mr. Kris Erik Heisler
Mr. William B. Henderson
Mr. Joseph Rich Henry
Mr. Ted Morrow Henry
Mr. Edmond C. Henson Jr.
Mr. Warren Candler Herlong Jr.
Mrs. Roberta Harbert Herman
Mr. Samuel David Herring
Mr. Joe Hester Jr.
Mr. John Edwin Hickman
Mr. Clarence Edward Hicks
Mr. Ganus E. Hilburn
Mr. B. Douglas Hill
Ms. Cecelia Hill
Mr. Terry M. Hirsberg
Mr. Millard Winston Hodge
Mr. C. Randolph Holladay Jr.
Mr. Clay Edward Holladay
Mr. Edward Eugene Holland Jr.
Mr. Spright Dickson Holland
Ms. Terri M. Holley
Mr. W. Russell Holman Jr.
Mrs. April Busby Holmes
Mrs. Suzanne P. Holston
Mr. Boyd Fletcher Horn Jr.
Mrs. Shelly Vines Hornstein
Mrs. Cecile Oliver Horton
Mr. Cooper M. Horton Jr.
Mr. Jonathan Franklin Howell
Ms. Kim Smith Hudson
Ms. Margaret Esther Hudson
Mr. Michael Thomas Hudson
Dr. Russell Allan Hudson
Mr. Kenneth Damon Huff
Mr. Thomas Jerry Humber
Mr. Bob Hundley
Mr. William Talmadge Hunt Jr.
Professor Raef T. Hussein
Mr. Dwight T. Ingle
Mr. Jason Lowrey Ingram
Mr. John Neal Ingram
Mr. William Reynolds Ireland Jr.
Iron Horse Helmets LLC
Mr. C. Scott Jackson
Mr. Charles Harold Jackson
Mr. Charles Henry Jackson
Mrs. Jacqueline J. Jackson
Mr. Philip C. Jackson Jr.
Mr. T.K. Jackson III
Mr. Bill B. James
Mr. David Morris James Jr.
Mr. Carl T. Jamison
JDL Management & Consulting LLC
Mr. Jonathan Wade Jeffress
Mr. Joseph L. Jennings Jr.
Johnson Controls Inc.
Mr. Earl G. Johnson
Mr. Gary Lamar Johnson
Mr. John W. Johnson III

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Mr. Franklin Page Webb Jr.
Mr. Philip Ray Webb
Ms. Robin Lloyd Weber
Mr. Bruce H. Weinstein
Mr. Ryan M. Weiss
Mr. Edward V. Welch Sr.
Mrs. Traci Taylor Welch
Mr. Brownie Davis West
Mr. Glen Davis West
Mr. Kenneth N. West
Mrs. Susan Carver West
Mr. Harry O. Whatley
Mr. Gray Whigham Jr.
Mr. William Ronald Whitaker
Mrs. Barbara J. White
Mr. S. Ray White Jr.
Mr. William Randle Whitehead
Mr. Ian K. Whitehouse
Mr. Palmer Gaillard Whiting
Mr. Charles T. Wiggins
Mr. David Boyd Williams
Mr. Hermon George Williams Jr.
Mr. Richard Q. Williams
Mr. Spence Lee Wilson Jr.
Mr. John Milton Wise Sr.
Mr. Michael Kenneth Wisner
Mr. Morris B. Wood
Mr. David H. Woodall
Mrs. Pamela Z. Wooden
Mr. Robert Jeff Woodham
Mr. Victor Edward Woodman
Mrs. Amber Ervin Woodroof
Mr. Thomas N. Wright
Mr. William Edward Yeackle
Mr. Watson Ray Yeager
Mr. Steven Glenn Yessick Sr.
Mr. Jobey York
Mr. Richard A. Yost
Mr. Jonathan Michael Zaremba

Additional Contributors
Contributions from individuals and
corporations that contribute up to $124.99
to the College or any of its academic
programs.
The names of those whose contributions were
wholly or partly directed to the Commerce
Executives Society, the annual fund for the College
of Commerce, appear italicized.
Mr. Brent Charles Abrahm
Ms. Frances R. Adams
Mr. James G. Adams Jr.
Alabama Road Builders Association
Mr. Robert E. Allen and Mrs. Annabel Allen
Mr. Steven D. Altmann
Mrs. Barbara M. Anglin

Ms. Jennifer Bonner Armstrong

Ms. N. Elaine Ash
Dr. James D. Askew and Mrs. Pamela H. Askew
Mr. Stewart Gorham Austin
Mrs. Susan S. Austin
Dr. Eric N. Baklanoff
Mr. Jeffrey Allen Barnard
Mr. Bruce Barrett
Ms. Coletta C. Barrett
Mr. William A. Barry III
Susan and Rodney Barstein Fund
Dr. James Hudson Bearden
Mr. Charles Kenneth Beck and

Mrs. Mary Cunningham Beck
Mr. John Berkley Bell
Mr. Richard Lee Bentley
Dr. David Berkowitz
Mrs. Amanda Bynum Bishop
Mr. William C. Bishop
Mr. Joseph S. Bivona
Mr. Ronald C. Bonds
Mr. Donald S. Boney
Mrs. Carolyn F. Boone
Mr. Richard Michael Boring
Mr. George J. Boujoukos
Mr. Robert Lamar Bowers Sr.
Mr. Joseph Kevin Bowker
Mrs. Anne Hankins Boyd
Ms. Robin D. Boyd
Mr. Taney Afton Brazeal
Drs. Christopher M. and Beverly K. Brockman
Mr. Douglas Eagar Brodbeck
Ms. Susan D. Broughton
Mr. Bradley Gayle Brown Jr.
Mr. Harry I. Brown Sr.
Mr. William Edward Browning
Ms. Marilee A. Brown-Wells
Dr. Colgan Hobson Bryan Jr.
Mr. Clyde Mark Bullock
Dr. John J. Burke Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Hampton Bush
Mr. John W. Calhoun III
Mr. Edmond Nelson Campbell
Mr. Thomas Clark Canterbury
Mr. Morris Albert Capouano
Ms. Patsy Elizabeth Capps
Capstone Health Services Foundation
The Rev. Joseph Van Carmichael
Mr. Thomas N. Carruthers Jr.
Mr. Scott D. Carter
Dr. Stephen Byron Castleberry
Mrs. Amy Battle Caudle
Dr. Ernest Byron Chew
Mr. George Nathan Chism III
Dr. Maurice G. Clabaugh Jr.
Mr. James N. Clark
Mrs. Patricia Chavis Clark
Mrs. Shannon Hart Clark
Mr. Fred H. Clay Jr.
Col. Charles Terry Clements
Mr. James Howard Clements Jr.
Mr. Melford T. Cleveland
Mr. John W. Cline Jr.
Mr. David Lauren Clokey
Mr. Jimmy Cochrane and Mrs. Sully G. Cochrane
Mr. Phillip L. Cohen
Mr. William Wesley Cole Jr.
Mr. Rick G. Collins Jr.
Ms. Camilla M. Comerford
Mr. Charles Corrie Conour Jr.
Mr. Elton John Cooper Jr.

Dr. Myrl Bixby Cooper

Mr. Allen Rushton Corey
Mr. J. Anthony Covino
Mr. Leland Marshall Cox Jr.
Ms. Surville Natoshia Craig
Dr. Dale Cramer and Mrs. Jeana Cramer
Mr. Fred Brentson Creel
Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Crisler III
Mr. Charles Scott Crocker
Mrs. Leah Norton Cross
Ms. Penny Culberson
Mr. Austin Curtis Cunkle
Mr. David Cunningham
Mr. John Taylor Dale
Mrs. Rebeca E. Daley
Mr. Richard E. Daniels
Mrs. Shirley Darr
Mrs. Josephine Camp Davis
Ms. Leigh Davis
Mr. Richard Dennis Davis III
Mrs. Anne Hardman DeJesus
Ms. Terri R. Dempsey
Mrs. Carolyn P. Dominick
Mr. John Coleman Dorlon
Mr. Kirksey Dortch
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Douglass
Mr. Frank C. Drane Jr.
Ms. Paige Ebner
Mr. David Len Edgar
Mr. Gary L. Ely
Mr. Edward O. Ernst
Mr. George Daniel Evans
Mr. John Wilburn Everage and Mrs. Alice Duggan Everage
Mr. Ben Ezelle
Mr. Roderick McCord Fancher Jr.
Ms. Joyce Lane Farish
Ms. Misty Dawn Farmer
Mr. James R. Faucett
Mr. J. Rodney Felts
Mrs. Ashley Serio Ferguson
Dr. William L. Ferguson
Mr. Lawrence Taylor Field
Mr. James Lawrence Fillmer
Mrs. Jane Hardesty Finley
Mr. T. Gary Fitts and Ms. Elizabeth Lauffer Fitts
Mr. Wayne Greer Fleming
Ms. Elizabeth Marshall Flynn
Dr. Lawrence Midtlyng Fogelberg
Mrs. Marsha Guthrie Folsom
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Francis III
Dr. and Mrs. Harry W. Freeman
Mrs. Jeanae Carpenter Freeman
Mr. Olin Chester Friant Jr.
Mr. Ralph Frohsin Jr. and Mrs. Allyn M. Frohsin
Mrs. Cynthia Gilmore Fuller
Mr. James D. Fullerton
Mr. Michael Eugene Garrigan
Mr. Chadwick Vann Gay and Mrs. Meredith Rae Gay
Mr. John M. Geer
Mr. Gregg T. Gentry
Ms. Jean Carroll Gerwig
Dr. Glenn Harold Gilbreath
Mr. Kristopher Scott Gilliland
Dr. John Russell Glick
Mr. Stephen Lance Goldner
Mrs. Arlene K. Goldstein
Mr. George Raymond Golterman
Mr. George B. Gordon
Mrs. Sherri Hallerman Gould
Mr. James R. Grant Jr.
Mrs. Tammy Tatum Graves

Mr. David Wayne Green

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Green
Mrs. Virginia Orr Green
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grimes
Mr. A.M. Grimsley Jr.
Mr. Scott Joyner Grissett
Mr. Ted M. Gryska
Mrs. Jayne Rutledge Gunter
Mrs. Glenda K. Guyton
Mr. Edward Troy Hails
Mr. Jerry L. Hall
Mr. John Wesley Hall
Mrs. Randa Smith Hall
Mr. Travis Randy Hall
Mr. L. Michael Halter Jr.
Mr. Lewis Steiner Hamilton Sr.
Mr. Richard D. Hamilton
Hampton Inn-University
Dr. Jewell Bachtler Harris
Mr. McCay Harrison and Ms. Diane L. Harrison
Mr. Thomas A. Hase
Mrs. Martha H. Hays
Dr. David James Heggem Jr. and Mrs. Paula Kessel Heggem
Mr. Thomas Brooks Henderson
Dr. William Douglas Henley
Mr. Frank David Herndon Jr.
Mr. James Nolen Herrin
Mr. Arthur S. Hicks
Mr. Alva Caine Hill Jr.
Dr. C. Jeanne Hill
Ms. Mary Jean Hinton
Mrs. DeAnna Jill Cornelius Hobbs
Mr. Arnold Holzer Jr.
Dr. John Thomas Hontzas
Mrs. Cherry Kendrick Houck
The Rev. J. Gorman Houston III
Mrs. Jeanne G. Houston
Mr. Richard W. Houston
Mrs. Annie Stokes Howell
Mr. Briley Webster Howell Jr.
Dr. Eric Brandon Howington
Mrs. Carolyn Gates Hubbard
Mr. Lloyd Keith Hudson and Ms. Tammy Dunn Hudson
Mr. Thomas Roland Hufstetler Jr.
Dr. James F. Hughey and Mrs. Geraldine F. Hughey
Mr. John Daniel Hunter Jr.
Mr. Mark F. Hunter
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Husby
Mrs. Dana Phillips Hutson
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Jacobs
Mr. John Warren Jeffries
Mr. Robert Lloyd Johnson
Mr. Roy M. Johnson Jr.
Miss Christy K. Johnston
Ms. June H. Johnston
Mr. Charles Alfred Jones III
Mr. Edward M. Jones Jr. and Mrs. Joyce Rosser Jones
Dr. Michael Andrew Jones
Mr. James W. Jordan Jr.
Ms. Carole L. Juergens
Ms. Mary Robin Jurkiewicz
Mr. Lawrence P. Kable
Ms. Ann Meriwether Kaesermann
Mr. Herman Christopher Kammer Jr.
Mrs. LaVonda Bowdoin Keel
Mr. Thomas H. Keene
Mr. Brent Kelley
Mr. James Daniel Kelley Jr.
Mr. James Wilder Kelley
Mr. Joe Kelley
Mr. Robert Griffin Kelley

Mrs. Donna Johnson Kennedy

Mr. Christian Kiewitz
Mr. Reese Jordan Kincaid
Mrs. Katherine Thompson King
Judge Tom King Jr.
Mr. Drew Sumner Kirkland
Mr. John Eldon Koniar
Mr. Lenix Fred Kusta
Mrs. Bonnie LaBresh
Mr. Brandon Michael LaBresh
Dr. Judith A. LaMarche
Ms. Sherri Denise Lamont
Mr. Lonnie Eugene Lankford
Ms. Stephanie Nichole Lay
Ms. Susan J. Leeds
Mr. Beverly M. Leigh III
Mr. Roy Jasper Leverett
The Sydney & Frances Lewis Foundation
Mrs. Betty Beck Lipshutz
Mr. Samuel Lamar Loftin
Mrs. Susan Henagan Logan
Mr. Eugene Leo Loper
Mr. William Thomas Loveless
Mrs. Anne Hendrickson Lovette
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lynam
Mr. Charles Edwin Maddox
Mr. Blanchard Sheldon Marriott
Mr. Larry Bryant Martin
Mr. Brian Jeffrey Masch
Mrs. April McKenzie Mason
Mrs. Judy Moore Mathis
Mr. Hillard Glenn Matthews
Ms. Robin Stinson Maxwell
Mr. William Glenn Mayo
Mr. David William McCrary
Mrs. Rebecca Rollins McDonald
Mr. William W. McDonald
Mr. Paul Lee McFillin
Dr. Donald B. McGinty
Mrs. Vivian Stabler McGowin
Mr. Patrick J. McHugh Jr.
Mr. Mark Robb McLean
Mr. William H. McNair
Dr. Jose Francisco Medina
Mrs. Mary Anne Norton Meredith
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Metke
Mr. Irving A. Metz Jr.
Mr. George Miljus
Mr. Charles M. Miller and Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer Miller
Mr. Ted F. Miller
Ms. Krystal Mims
Mr. Joseph J. Minus Jr.
Dr. John Mittenthal
Mr. Geoffrey Ronald Mize
Miss Ashley Elizabeth Moise
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Mr. James M. Montgomery
Mr. Claude A. Moody
Mr. Calvin Bentley Moore
Mrs. Dale McDanal Moore
Mr. James Boyd Moore Jr.
Dr. Perry Glen Moore
Mr. Kenneth James Morgan
Mrs. Vaughan Inge Morrissette
Mrs. Rosa P. Morrow
Mr. Bruce Allen Moses
Mr. John T. Mostellar
Mr. Robert Lee New
Mr. Robert F. Nicol
Mr. H. Jay Niendorf
Mr. Everett F. Nix Jr.
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Mr. David Michael Stewart

Mr. Lewis Van Stillman
Mrs. Sabrina C. Stovall-Stephens
Mr. Kirk William Strack
Mr. Joseph Frank Strength and

Mrs. Deanie Walburn Strength
Dr. Herman A. Stribling Jr.
Mr. William J. Strickland
Mr. Eugene P. Stutts
Mr. J. Britton Stutts
Mr. James E. Sullivan Jr.
Dr. William Larry Sullivan
Mr. Richard Woodrow Talley
Mr. Walter Christopher Tant
Mr. Albert Israel Tarica
Mr. David Arthur Tate
Mr. Iliff Lavern Tate
Mr. William A. Tate
Mr. James Griffin Tatum
Mr. Bert Pittman Taylor
Mr. Byron Taylor
Mr. Teddy Joe Taylor
Mr. Steven R. Teal
Mrs. Elizabeth Clifton Temple
Mr. Allen Lee Terry II
Dr. Edward Davis Terry
Mr. Robert Eugene Teutsch Jr.
Mr. David Erwin Thomas
Ms. Pamela Darlene Thomas
Mr. Paul Durand Thomas
Mr. William Boyd Thomas III
Mr. Howard Arthur Thompson
Mr. James Alva Thompson
Mrs. Laura Withers Thompson
Mr. Michael D. Thompson
Ms. Heather Lea Thornburgh
Mr. Ken D. Tidwell
Mr. Vincent Anthony Tortorici Jr.
Mr. Robert N. Touchstone Jr.
Mr. Donald Ray Townsend
Mr. James Bennett Trammell
Mr. Ronald ODell Travis Jr.
Mr. Mark R. Tucker
Mr. Norman Douglas Turnipseed
Mr. Allen J. Tutwiler
Mr. Michael A. Vallencourt
Mr. Steven Michael Vanderwilt
Mr. Robert John Vass
Mr. Richard William Vickers
Mr. Talmai Owen Vickers Jr.
Mr. Michael Joseph Volk
Mr. Joe Cotten Volman
Mr. Robin A. Wade III
Mr. Thomas Michael Wagner Jr.
Mr. Michael Robert Wahl
Mr. Charles Leslie Waites III
Mr. Thomas Joseph Waldrip
Mr. Stevenson Thomas Walker
Mr. David Scott Walters
Mr. Ernesto Warnholtz
Ms. Alison F. Watson
Bishop B. Michael Watson
Mr. Rick Ernest Watson
Mrs. Katherine G. Watts

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Mr. Thomas E. Norton

Mr. Nicholas Emilio Notti
Mr. Patrick M. OConnor
Mr. Jon Michael Olliff
Mr. J. Harris Oswalt
Mr. Douglas Lee Owings
Mr. Anthony Wayne Pancake
Mr. Dennis Wade Parker
Mr. C. Richard Parr Jr.
Mr. Sanjay V. Patel
Mr. David Wayne Patterson
Dr. Wesley Ennis Patton III
Mr. Brent Hull Paugh
Ms. Lynn G. Pauwels
Mr. Walter Brent Peinhardt
Mrs. Brigitte Stuelp Perigo
Ms. Janet K. Perkins
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory K. Peterson
Mr. Jeffery D. Pettie
Mrs. Angela Penuel Pfeuffer
PICA Group
Mr. and Mrs. Donnie H. Pierce
Mrs. Pamela Gilliand Pierce
Mr. Carlton Paul Pinkerton
Col. William Foster Pool
Mr. Michael O. Poovey Jr.
Mr. Jack B. Porterfield III
Mrs. Mary Elsie Pow
Mr. Benjamin C. Powell
Mr. Durward Keith Powell
Mrs. Kelli Simms Powers
Mr. Bryan Prewitt
Ms. Judy Prince
The Rev. Russell L. Proctor
Mrs. Paula Fink Quarles
Mrs. Virginia Glass Raley
Dr. Catherine Johnson Randall
Mr. Marshall Peter Rathmell
Mr. Barry Nathan Reamey
Mr. William Howard Reece Jr.
Dr. H. Mark Reynolds and Mrs. Karen Perry Reynolds
Mr. Richard John Reynolds IV
Mr. Frederick L. Richards
Mrs. Bettye E. Richardson
Mr. Bobby Richardson
Mr. Gordon L. Richardson Sr. and

Mrs. Bettye E. Richardson
Mrs. Rebecca W. Rigby
Mr. William Spencer Ringland Sr.
Mr. Charles Robbins Jr.
Mr. Joseph Daniel Roberts
Mrs. Alisa Stokes Robertson
Mr. William C. Robertson
Dr. Bruce W. Roche
Mr. William Stanley Rodgers
Mrs. Emily S. Rogers
Mrs. Karen Aida Rogers
Mr. J. Michael Rooker
Mr. William Lee Rosich
Mrs. Mary Harris Rushing
Mr. Deakins Ford Rushton
Mr. Kevin Timothy Russell and Mrs. Lesley Harlamert Russell
Mr. Chester Leon Salter Jr.
Mr. Ralph Salter
Mr. K. Russell Sanders
Mr. Ron H. Sawyer and Mrs. Judith C. Sawyer
Dr. Fabio Padoa Schioppa
Mr. Paul Frederick Schultz Sr.
Mr. James R. Schweer
Mr. Leonard Alan Scott
Mr. Larry T. Shaffer Jr.

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Mrs. Mary Ellen A. Sharman
Mr. Robert Harris Shaw Jr. and

Mrs. Elizabeth Kirksey Shaw
Mr. James Wylie Shepherd
Mr. James Timothy Shuman
Mrs. Jane Cason Simpson
Dr. Norman J. Singer and Mrs. Anna Jacobs Singer
Mr. David Napier Sington
Mr. Don G. Skinner and Mrs. Mary Jane Skinner
Mr. Frank Samuel Skinner III
Mr. L. Alex Smith IV
Mr. William F. Smith
Dr. William Steven Smith
Mrs. Frances Williamson Smithwick
Mr. Glynn Weir Smyly
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Snyder
Mrs. Hassel Davis Sosebee
Mr. Charles R. Sox
Mr. Peter W. Spencer
Mr. William Micajah Spencer III
Mr. Gary Delane Spivey
Dr. Warren H. Spruill
Mr. Eric C. Squillaci
Dr. Robert D. Stainback
Mr. Phillip Edward Stano
Ms. Andrea Steele
Mrs. Deborah Whatley Stephenson
Mrs. Alicia D. Stires
Mr. Wesley Joseph Stoddard
Mrs. Constance Wright Stone
Mr. John William Sullivan
Mr. Scott Jason Taitelbaum
Mr. James Ronald Tate
Mrs. Sherri Nelems Taylor
Dr. Walton R. Taylor
Dr. Joab L. Thomas and Mrs. Marly Dukes Thomas
Mrs. Mary Kate Thompson-Pynes
Mr. Frederick John Thornes
Mrs. Pamela Shiver Thornton
Mr. Steve M. Thornton
Mr. Robert D. Thuston
Dr. Jerry D. Todd
Ms. Linda Y. Tomana
Mr. Charles Swift Treadwell
Dr. Charles Edgar Treas
Mrs. Andrea L. Tuggle
Dr. Clarence Brittin Turner IV
Mrs. Sara E. Tyler
Mrs. Ann Boswell Vanderburg
Mr. Kris Andrew VanOlst
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Vaughn
Mr. Robert Donald Vaughn
Mr. Jack Edward Veazey
Ms. Deborah J. Verderaime
Col. James Larry Vick
Mr. Aaron J. Vold
Mr. Christopher J. Walker
Mr. Jackson Wallace
Mr. Steve Wallace
Dr. Jerry Reece Weaver
Mr. Harold Webb
Mr. Bruce Charles Webster
Dr. Henry Shelton Weeks
Mr. Benjamin S. Weil
Mr. Scott Alan Whisenant
Ms. Jennifer Leigh White
Mr. John G. Wickline
Mr. Richard Allan Wietlake
Mr. Joe Morris Wiggins
Mrs. Lella Bromberg Wilbanks

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Mr. and Mrs. Adam P. Wilczek

Mr. Darren Williamson
Willis Re
Mr. Jeffrey Neil Windham
Mr. Stephen A. Wise
Mr. James Norman Wood
Mrs. Virginia Parry Worrell
Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Wright
Professor Nancy M. Wright
Ms. Kelly Anne Wybenga
Mr. Wendell Scott Wynn
Mrs. Becky E. Yeager
Mr. William B. Yeager
Ms. Lee Ann Yelverton
Mrs. Anne Searcy Yoder
Ms. Carolyn M. Young
Ms. Yvonne S. Yuchengco
Ms. Kari Monique Zahar
Mr. Rex Zeanah and Mrs. Martha Huey Zeanah

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and

completeness of this list. If we have inadvertently omitted
your name or listed you incorrectly, please contact
Lindsey Blumenthal at 205-348-4899 or by e-mail at
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Reaching Out

Entrepreneurial Research Network to extend

outreach into two more counties.

The Alabama Entrepreneurial

Research Network at The
University of Alabama has received
an $80,000 federal grant to extend
AERNs outreach efforts into
Chambers and Tallapoosa counties
and strengthen existing programs
in 12 other counties.

The Culverhouse College of Commerce

will cooperate with the Small Business
Development Center at The University
of Alabama at Birmingham to promote
activities of the AERN under the new grant.
The economies in Tallapoosa and
Chambers counties have been decimated by
the loss of textile and other manufacturing
jobs, said Annette Watters, manager of the
Alabama State Data Center and co-director
of AERN.
Those two counties have lost more
than 3,400 jobs since the end of 2003,
primarily in textile manufacturing, and
all of the counties served by AERN have
seen economic downturns and low-level
economic conditions, Watters said. The
University of Alabama has a strong heart for
the small towns and rural parts of Alabama.
Everyone wants those economies to be
vibrant.
AERN is directed through The
University of Alabamas Culverhouse
College of Commerce and currently partners
with agencies in Sumter, Greene, Marengo,
Dallas, Wilcox, Perry, Monroe, Choctaw,
Fayette, Pickens, Macon and Bibb counties.
New partners to be added with this grant are

the Alexander City Chamber

of Commerce in Tallapoosa
County and the Chambers
County Chamber of Commerce
located in Lanett.
Entrepreneurs in rural
areas like those served
by AERN have difficulty
accessing current business
information and technology.
AERN addresses those needs
by providing computers and
peripheral equipment, business
software, and other businessresearch resources to chambers
of commerce, industrial
development agencies, or other
nonprofit organizations whose
mission includes business
development in very rural, lowincome portions of Alabama.
These organizations make the
resources available to the public
for the purpose of encouraging
potential entrepreneurs to start
a business, for an existing small
business owner to expand, or for
other economic development
work in the target area. The
staffs of the partner agencies
receive training in how to use
the materials, and the public is
offered seminars and workshops.
Another component is the
AERN Web site. Many online
resources are easily accessible
there, and the site is designed for
ease of use by the lay public.
The people who live in the

target area have good ideas and

a willingness to work hard, said
Paavo Hanninen, director of the
Small Business Development
Center at UA and co-director
at AERN. The communities
have leaders who want to see
improvement and progress.
The problem is that they often
lack the technical or managerial
expertise to create successful
businesses.
We are extremely grateful
to the U.S. Small Business
Administration for this grant,
said J. Barry Mason, dean of
the Culverhouse College of
Commerce. These are areas that
now have minimal technical
and capital resources but they
have individuals who, given the
resources and the opportunity,
can turn their communities
around, and we are pleased to be
a part of that effort.
AERN is such a wonderful
program and offers a wonderful
opportunity to those interested
in starting their own business
that I have taken it on as a
mission to spread the word and
educate the public about its
existence, said Lauri Cothran,
executive director of the SelmaDallas County Chamber of
Commerce.

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25,000 Graduates Later

Tom Canterbury plans to retire.

There are more than 25,000 graduates of the Culverhouse

College of Commerce who owe their undergraduate degrees
and diplomas to Tom Canterbury.
Canterbury, the longtime registrar for the
business school, will retire at the end of the
spring semester. He has been determining
who will and who will not graduate with a
business degree since 1979.
I first worked for the College of
Commerce in 1976 when the college decided
to hire a full-time academic adviser and
internship coordinator, Canterbury said.
We began consolidating what student
services we had under one roof in the old
computer center in Bidgood Hall. The
registrar at that time, Gladys Poe, and her
staff joined us in 1978. When she retired in
1979 after 20 years in the position, I applied
for the job and was chosen to replace her.
Canterbury said dealing with the

students has been the best part of the job.

Thats why we are all here, he said.
There is a great sense of accomplishment
that comes from being associated with
an organization whose purpose is to take
fresh-faced 18-year-olds and turn them into
maturing, sophisticated and educated young
adults over the course of four or five years.
Andyou get to watch it happen over and
over again.
Canterbury said his longevity in the job
has allowed him to enjoy a sense of history
and tradition.
Let me give you an example,
Canterbury said. Over the last couple of
years, I have been asked to visit Korea and
China to assist with setting up student and
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There is a great sense of accomplishment

that comes from being associated with an organization whose purpose is

to take fresh-faced 18-year-olds and turn them into

maturing, sophisticated and educated young adults
over the course of four or five years. Andyou get to watch it happen over and over again.
Canterbury confers
with students.

faculty exchanges between

our campus and some very
good universities in those
countries.
Our delegations were
very warmly received
everywhere we went,
not only because of the
excellent work of our current
international programs staff,
but I am convinced it was
the result of many years of
groundwork done by those
who have gone before us. I
could feel the presence of Jay
and Alberta Murphy of the
law school long ago and my
mentor, Morris Mayer, while
we were in Korea. Morris
may be responsible for more
Korean Ph.D.s in marketing
than anyone on the planet.
And the work of people like
Ron Robel from arts and
sciences and our own Paul
Garner and Bill Bennett and
John Bickley as pathfinders
and pioneers in international
education and business was
palpable. It made me proud
to have known them all
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love. That kind of longevity
is a blessing. I hope I have
left something for the next
generation to build on.
Canterbury will cap a
career marked by a number
of awards.

I am very proud to
say that there are plaques
with my name on them in
three different buildings
on the campus, he said. I
won the Larry Carmichael
Award for service to the
marketing department, the
college and University as a
student in 1968. That plaque
hangs in Alston Hall. In
1991, I wasgiven the Penny
Allen Award for unselfish
commitment to students.
That plaque is on permanent
display in the Ferguson
Center. Then in 1999, the
Deans Service Award for
service to the dean and the
College of Commerce and
for innovation, interpersonal
skills and performance of
my duties as registrar. That
plaque is in the basement

of Bidgood Hall very close

to the Student Services
Office, which by the way
now has astaff of 15 fulltime and quite a few parttimeemployees.
Canterbury helped
establish the Alabama
Association for Higher
Education in Business in
the late 1970s, which brings
together the deans of the
four-year business schools
and the business division
chairs from the two-year
schools and their staffs from
across Alabama.
Its primary focus
has always been to assure
students could move
frombusiness school
to business school and
between the two- and fouryear schools in Alabama
withlittle or no difficulty,
Canterbury said. The
transfer credit articulation
agreement AAHEB put in
place became the model
for the Alabama general
studies core articulation
agreement adopted by

thestate Legislature and

all the schools and colleges
in Alabama in the 90s.
This group has been a
tremendous asset in the
improvement of business
education for the whole
state. I will miss AAHEB
and its members and the
good fellowship we have
enjoyed over the years.
Canterbury said he will
also greatly miss the students
and the work environment at
the business school.
Ive worked for and
with quite a few deans and
associate and assistant deans,
department heads, and
faculty and staff members
over the years. Dean J. Barry
Mason has created the most
positive, empowering and
success-oriented work place
I can imagine. I will miss
daily interaction with the
very talentedfaculty and
staff of the college, especially
my colleagues in Student
Services.
Mason said a search for
a successor is underway,

emphasizing successor. No
one could replace Tom,
Mason said. Whoever
becomes the new registrar
will have to go a long way
to reach the heights that
Tom has achieved. His
name is legendary among
administrators but more
importantly among the
many students that have him
to thank for their success.
David J. Heggem
Jr., assistant dean for
undergraduate programs
and Canterburys colleague
in Student Services, said he
will miss Canterburys easygoing nature and the way
Canterbury has dealt with
the myriad problems that
are inherent to the registrars
position.
I can tell you without
fear of contradiction that
a lot of business school
graduates would not be
where they are without
Toms help, Heggem said.
He has always been willing
to work ceaselessly to make
sure our students get the

courses and credits they need

to graduate, whether it is
a four- or five-year student
or a student 20 years out of
school who has to finish his
degree online. He is one of a
kind.
As for advice to his
successor, Canterbury said,
Grab hold and hang on
tight.
Canterbury said he
plans to read, write, cook,
draw, paint and travel in his
retirement. Those are the
things that make me happy.
I have had the good fortune
to visit five of the seven
continents of the world and
have loved every minute
of experiencing different
cultures and finding that
people all over the worldare
basically the same despite
our differences. I love that.
Maybe Peggy (his wife) and I
can visit the last two before
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International icon Charles Handy visits UA to share

insights about business and life.
Bill

Ge r de s

Charles Handy and his wife,

Elizabeth, who is also his business
partner, were just finishing
breakfast when I arrived at the
NorthRiver Yacht Club villa where
they were staying.
Now in his mid-70s, Handy had
come to Tuscaloosa to speak at The
University of Alabama about his
latest book on management and
to share his latest insights about
business and life.

school and look into their

own management style.
Handy has also written
The Gods of Management,
The Age of Unreason,
The Age of Paradox,
The Hungry Spirit, The
New Alchemists, The
Empty Raincoat, and The
Elephant and the Flea,
as well as numerous other
books and essays.
So, I asked Handy,
Why another book?
Oh, basically my
publishers said, Now that
youve reached your mature
years, its time to try to sum
up your life and what you
have learned from it. I was
intrigued by the challenge,
really. It was interesting
because I started off by
doing what was really a
conventional autobiography
about my great-grandparents
and all that stuff, and my
editor came to me she is a
very smart New York lady
and she said, I cannot stand
autobiographies that start
off with great-grandparents,
so please make it a little
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some stories from your life

and what you learned from
them. So thats what I set
out to do.
Since Handy is a
management guru, it seemed
necessary to talk a bit about
management, so, I asked,
How has management
changed over the past two
or three decades? Are the
skills that have always been
necessary for survival still
necessary today?
Essentially, yes, he
said, because in the end, it
seems to me, management
is about getting people to
work together to electively
produce something that
they couldnt have done
individually.
That answer led to the
issues of communication
in the workplace, e-mail,
computers and personal
digital assistants that are
such an integral part of
todays business world.
The fact that we now
have e-mail and all the rest
of it in some ways make
it easier and in some ways
make it more difficult.

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It makes it easier because it is easier to

communicate, and there is a lot more information
available, but sometimes that gets in the way. When
you are getting 140 e-mails a day, it clogs up
your life.
I think in some ways it (e-mail) destroys
relationships because you think that you are
communicating with somebody and you really are
not doing it very well because you dont know what
they hear or you dont even know if they got the
message. Some people are text messaging
their divorce.
Handy often refers in his writing to classical
Greek thought and philosophy, so I asked, Do
the answers to the challenges facing todays
business rest in a modern equivalent of Athenian
democracy, and if so, how will modern leaders
implement these changes?
Well, I dont think human nature changes very
much, he said. The challenges are greater because
there are just so many more humans around the
world. Athenian democracy was relatively easy to
control because there were fewer people involved,
and they were able to share the jobs amongst them
much more easily. We now have corporations
that are much larger than Athens ever was. The
interesting paradox is that they are not at all
democratic; they are very authoritarian. They are
very totalitarian.
It was interesting traveling around Eastern
Europe this summer. There were all these big glass
towers that had replaced the communist bunkers
that tried to run the countries. Now these glass
towers house the corporations, which are symbols
of their economic freedom. But inside those glass
towers, the governments are more totalitarian
than the regimes that they displaced. There is no
democracy in them.
Given the myriad incidents of misconduct that
have occurred recently in American companies, I
asked Handy for his views about the personal and
ethical aspects of business.
Well, I think that the business community is
the most important community in modern society
because it generates the wealth that actually drives
and fuels everything else in society. If it didnt exist,
you wouldnt have your hospitals, you wouldnt
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He holds honorary doctorates from seven
British universities. Many in Britain know
him for his Thoughts for Today on
the BBC Radio Today program. The
premise for much of Handys recognition
comes from the fact that he was one of
the first to predict the massive downsizing
of organizations and the emergence of
self-employed professionals. He has been
described as a true visionary and a predictor
of changes in society and its institutions.
His latest book, Myself and Other More
Important Matters, has just been published
and calls on lessons he has learned from his
own experiences to help the reader move
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have your schools, you wouldnt

have anything, really, so it is very
important that they understand that
that is what their job is.
Their job is not just to make
money for their shareholders. That
is something they have to do, what
logicians call a necessary condition
of success but their real
responsibility is to serve society, in
my view. And I think if they lose
sight of that, they get seen as purely
selfish and rather greedy. I think
that one of the problems is that too
many businesses have lost sight of
their obligations to society at large
and think that their only purpose
is to make shareholders as rich as
they can. Now that seems very odd
to me when you think about it. It
seems to be that the people who
have not even invested money
they just bought other peoples
shares are really just betting on
the share price going up. They are
betting on the corporation, and
they have more power than the
people who actually create the
wealth inside the organization. That
doesnt seem right to me.
But thats the way it goes, and
so there is a great pressure on the
leaders of these organizations to
keep this in perspective, to say to
shareholders, Lets use some of
the surplus that we have earned,
but there is no legal obligation
on the directors of the firm to
pass all of the surplus back to the
shareholders.
Handy wrote in Gods of
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In his talk with UA business

students later in the day, Handy
told them business is no different
from life. They have all been in
a difficult situation somewhere
along the line. They all have
had relationship problems with
girlfriends, boyfriends, family,
whatever, and thats no different
really from what they have to meet
in a business organization. As far
as I am concerned, its all about
human relationships. Its all about
getting people to do what you want
them to do and how they cooperate
with each other.
You have to ask yourself, Why
would anybody follow me? if you
want to be a leader. Just because
you are told you are the marketing
director doesnt mean anybody
wants to hear what you have to
say. What are your good points?
What are your values? What do
you believe in? Can you show these
to people? Because I believe that
some people in management and
business change their clothes, their
values and their behavior when
they enter the organization and
they are not genuine anymore and
they are trying to be the tough guy
or not the tough guy, whatever.
Accenture recently ranked
Handy at No. 14 on the Top 50
Business Gurus list. Handy prefers
to be called a philosopher rather
than a guru, but since we are talking
about rankings, I brought up the
issue of business-school rankings.
Well, thats a pretty dodgy
matrix if you think about it,
Handy said. Actually, either you
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age they are, or you rank them
according to student views of their
teaching. And whether they think
the teaching was good depends on
whether they think they learned
anything, but thats not saying
anything about whether they did
learn anything or not. Thats just
saying, Did you enjoy your time?
Or, you go around to the employers
and say, Which of the schools
do you think are the best? and
basically they dont recruit from
every school, so they say the ones
where they recruit are the best
but unfortunately these count.
But, back to the matter at hand,
Handys most recent book.
The book is basically aimed
at the management audience, but
I think it should have a much
wider appeal. It won the prize for
the best management book of the
year in England last year, which is
interesting because I said it is not a
management book. But one of the
judges said to me, Well, we debated
that, but we decided it was a book
that every manager ought to read,
which I thought was rather nice. e
Bill Gerdes is editor of The Executive

Charles Handys autobiography Myself and

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Never Too Early to

Get a Foot in the Door

Capstone Business Academy for high school seniors enters its fifth year.

Do you know a high school student

who would like to
learn the secrets to success of a
global entrepreneur?
be treated like a VIP at the
headquarters of a Fortune 500
company?
talk one-on-one with a Wall Street
stockbroker?
ask an FBI special agent why he
majored in accounting?
get career advice from the founder
of a national marketing firm?
strategize with the vice president of
an international auto manufacturer?

If so, the Capstone Business
Leadership Academy is for them.

The Capstone Business Leadership
Academy is a 10-day residential summer
program designed for academically
exceptional rising high school seniors
interested in obtaining an education
and pursuing a career in business.
Participants interact on an individual
basis with university professors and
working professionals through a variety
of unique presentations and experiences.

Students from states across the
nation have attended the exclusive
program, seeking to find out which
career they wish to pursue and which
subjects they wish to study in college.
The program will begin its fifth year
in the summer of 2008, offering two
sessions for 2530 students with
demonstrated academic talent and
leadership skills.

executive

The academy includes several
specially designed visits to top
employers of business school graduates,
including Fortune 500 companies and
other national and regional leaders in
the manufacturing, retail and service
industries. Each student experiences
personal interaction with top-level
executives and a behind-the-scenes
look at operations and facilities.
Companies visited have included the
Coca-Cola Co., Turner Broadcasting
Network, Atlanta Falcons, UPS, Honda
Manufacturing Co., Southern Co.,
Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Delta
Airlines. Students have toured assembly
lines, television studios, football training
facilities, executive offices and storm
centers.

The program provides an
atmosphere that will challenge and
stimulate the participants. Each of
the business disciplines accounting,
finance, economics, marketing,
management, management science,
information systems is explored in
interactive formats designed to gauge
participants interests in these fields.

Faculty and industry professionals
lead seminars and workshops specifically
designed to educate students about
various aspects of business. Examples
of previous seminars and workshops
include the following:
CPAs in the FBI
Hot Topics in Marketing
Corporate Ethics and Social
Responsibility

Entrepreneurship in Action
Opportunities in Health Care
Management
The Commodity Exchange Game
Internet Scavenger Hunt
Forensic Accounting: Detecting
Fraud
Careers in Operations Management
Reading the Wall Street Journal
The Life of an Investment Advisor
The Discipline of Real Estate
Personal Selling Workshop
Marketing Employer Panel
Building Your Personal Leadership
Style
Financial Reporting, Fraud and
Government Regulation
Marketing Yourself to Others

Top-performing participants in
the program will be awarded a fouryear position as a Culverhouse College
Faculty Scholar. This is a prestigious
position only awarded to a handful of
university freshmen. It provides both
financial support and a mentorship
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designated each year solely for academy
participants.
or more information on the 2008 program, visit
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the director of the program, Lisa McKinney, at
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>> Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank chief helps Economic Outlook
Conference observe 10th anniversary.

The future

The 2008 Economic Outlook Conference, presented by the Center

for Business and Economic Research, celebrated its 10th anniversary
with a keynote address from Dennis P. Lockhart, president and chief
executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Lockharts address came amid concern of
the turbulent housing industry and fears of a
recession.
About 170 attendees, including a large
number of media representatives, heard a
forecast of moderate growth in the Alabama
economy in 2008 and expectations for a
2.2 percent increase in the states real gross
domestic product during the year and for the
creation of almost 21,700 jobs, a 1.1 percent
gain.
They also heard about national
economic struggles from Lockhart.
Ill tell you up front that my message
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represent the views of my colleagues on the
Federal Open Market Committee, Lockhart
said.
Lockhart said he was concerned about
increasing inflation and predicted the
nations economy will grow modestly in the
next year if inflation slows down.
Lockhart avoided questions on a
national economic stimulus package, noting
that, I view those (national stimulus
packages) as sensible, providing they can be
delivered in a timely fashion.

even in stable
times is
hard to read.
At this juncture, the
times present even
greater uncertainty
than usual.

Dennis P. Lockhart
President and CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Evidence of slowing economic

activity has been mounting,
Lockhart said. Beyond last
years sharp drop in residential
investment, growth in
manufacturing output remained
well below its rate of the
previous year. Also, spending
on equipment and software
showed only moderate growth
in 2007. Commercial real estate
has held up surprisingly well, but
the signs are that it will proceed
more slowly going forward.
Anecdotal reports suggest that
many firms have begun to
assume a wait-and-see posture
because of rising economic
uncertainty, especially in the
years second half.
The future even in stable
times is hard to read. At this
juncture, the times present even
greater uncertainty than usual.
Recently, negative information
has been exceeding expectations.
I think these circumstances call
for policymakers to be prepared
to respond pragmatically. In my
view, pragmatism in the face of
growing weakness in the general
economy may very well require
additional moves to lower the
federal funds rate.
A little more than a week
later, the Federal Reserve System
dropped the rate three-quarters
of a point to 3.5 percent.
The state economic picture,
however, was a bit brighter. New
industrial, school and medical
projects under construction in
2008, as well as those related to
Base Realignment and Closure,
should help the construction

executive

short

sector weather the effects of

the slowdown in residential
housing in the state. Growth
in professional, scientific
and technical jobs in sectors
including biotech, national
defense and aerospace, as well
as new auto supplier jobs, will
boost the Alabama economy
during the year. Export gains
and new business at the Alabama
State Docks will also help the
state avoid the downturn that
is expected nationally during
at least the first two quarters of
2008.
However, the state faces
challenges on several fronts
during 2008, including
continuing layoffs and plant
closings in textiles and apparel;
below-trend tax revenues given
slow growth in consumer
spending and income; providing
a work force with the education
and skills needed by new and
existing businesses; and having
adequate funding available
for incentives to attract new
industry.
The Alabama Economic
Outlook 2008 can be ordered
from the Center for Business
and Economic Research for $30.
The book contains forecasts
for the states economy by
sector, tax revenue forecasts and
summaries of economic activity
in the states metropolitan areas.
A companion set of detailed
forecast tables is also $30. e

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staff are in demand almost daily for thoughts and
comments on current events and breaking business
and economic news. Here are a few examples.
Dr. Hoover Quoted in
New York Times on
Economy Stimulus Plan

Dr. Gary Hoover, associate

professor of economics, was quoted
in the New York Times on Jan. 25
on the emergency spending plan
to aid the sputtering economy.
The Times wrote, Given that a
lot of Americans are so deeply in
debt, some economists said, many
may use the money to pay off bills
rather than to buy new goods and
services. People are already behind
on mortgages and credit cards, said
Gary A. Hoover, an economist at
the University of Alabama.

Coach Bryants Economic

Contribution to University,
Tuscaloosa and State Cannot
be Underestimated, Mason tells
Tuscaloosa News

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Dean J. Barry Mason was

interviewed by the Tuscaloosa
News for a Sunday article about the
economic impact of Coach Paul
Bryant.

Its clear that he laid the
foundation for the kind of
economic engine that now exists
for all the current football games,
Mason said. He won the national
championships; he built the
expectation that we would win every
year and inspired a huge passion for
football that continues on.

Mason said the Bryant legacy
remains a strong recruiting tool
for the University, which seeks to

enroll 28,000 students by 2010,

an increase of about 46 percent in
less than 10 years. Then theres the
national publicity the University,
city and state receive with every UA
game. Mason called that exposure
priceless.

You can readily trace that back
to Bryants vision and what he put
in place, Mason said. All elements
of the university as a whole have
been raised as a result of the
expectations that are there.

The Bryant economic engine
is not confined to the University,
however, and continues to play
a key role in the growth and
prosperity of the city proper.
You can watch effects ripple
out, Mason said. The impacts
on retailing and services are rather
profound. Just looking, for example,
at the very large increase in the
number of hotels in this community
is a direct testimony.

And Speaking of Impact,

UA Brings More Than $1 billion
to the Table

The University of Alabamas

impact on the economy of the
Tuscaloosa metropolitan area has
more than doubled in the past
decade and topped $1 billion in
200607, according to research by
the UA Center for Business and
Economic Research. In fall 2002,
about 19,200 students were enrolled
at UA. Academic year 200708
began with 25,580 enrolled. Dr.
Samuel Addy, director of the center
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produced.

Addy said he believes
building both planes would
eventually mean 1,500 to 1,800
new jobs for the Mobile area.

The AP report appeared in
newspapers around the world
as well as on the Business Week
(http://businessweek.com) and
Forbes (http://Forbes.com)
Web sites.

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Zumpano Comments
on Tuscaloosas Housing
Situation

It looks like well

come out with little damage
compared to places like
Cleveland where subprime
lending has been so rampant
that whole parts of the city are
going under, said Dr. Leonard
Zumpano, professor of finance
at The University of Alabama.
Zumpanos comments appeared
in the Tuscaloosa News.

Dr. Louis Marino, right,

lectures to entrepreneurship
students.

and co-author of the research report, said the

higher quality of the students being recruited
means more students stay in school. Every
student we manage to retain is more money for
the city and the state, Addy said. And Addy said
there is another economic factor head football
coach Nick Saban. You can say Nick Saban is
his own economic force, Addy said, noting
that football Saturdays drew record crowds to
Tuscaloosa.

The research report was described by
several newspapers and reported by a number of
television stations and Web sites.

McLeod Speaks with the Tuscaloosa News

about Sagging Economy

Dr. Robert McLeod, professor of finance,

talked to the Tuscaloosa News about the nations
economic downturn and the Federal Reserve
Systems January interest rate cut. It wasnt
totally unexpected from the professionals
viewpoint. From the laymans viewpoint, perhaps
it was somewhat unexpected.

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from the positive standpoint in that the Fed has

been very proactive and doesnt feel like it has to
wait until its regularly scheduled meeting to take
the action it feels it needs
to take.

Addy Talks to Associated Press on Impact of

Civilian Freighter Plane Plant in Mobile

Dr. Sam Addy, director of the Center

for Business and Economic Research, was
interviewed by the Associated Press on the
impact of an Airbus plant in Mobile.

The impact of building large planes in here
would be amazing. I think that will go a long way
toward putting us on the map, said Addy. If
we get it, we are number three. European plane
maker Airbus will produce a civilian freighter in
Mobile if the U.S. Air Force selects the company
and its North American partner, Northrop
Grumman, for a military tanker contract,
company and government officials announced.
Large aircraft are currently assembled in only
two places in the world Toulouse, France,
where Airbus is based, and in the Seattle, Wash.,

Zumpano Also Comments

on Bank of Americas
purchase of Countrywide

Quoted in the

Montgomery Advertiser,
Zumpano said the Bank of
Americas $4 billion purchase
of Countrywide Home Lending
is not expected to have much
of an immediate effect on
Montgomerys mortgage
market, but it might preserve
the status quo. Zumpano
said keeping Countrywide
afloat probably will have a
calming effect on borrowers.
It is a good thing because the
mortgage market is fragile,
he said. At least part of that
fragility, he said, comes from
lenders, Countrywide included,
that made risky subprime
loans, many of which are now

in foreclosure. If a high-profile
lender like Countrywide failed,
it could damage already fragile
consumer confidence.

predicted to be extinct or
reinvented in the next 10 years.
The comments appeared in the
Florence Times-Daily.

Gup Talks with Montgomery

Advertiser about Heavy
Credit Write-offs by Banks

Brooks Weighs in on
How Jefferson County
Handles Bonds

Dr. Robert Brooks, a
finance professor and Wallace
D. Malone Endowed Chair of
Financial Management, was
quoted in the Birmingham
News in an article about how
Jefferson County handles its
construction bonds. Brooks
said governments tend to get
better deals when bond work
is awarded through the bid
process. If everything was
competitive, you got a much
more attractive cost structure,
Brooks said. It seems
appropriate to allow people to
compete for your business. I
would think competition would
protect the elected officials.
They could in good conscience
know they have served the
county well because they got
these bids.

Profits at two of
Montgomerys biggest banks
plummeted in the fourth
quarter as both reported heavy
credit write-offs. Regions
Financial Corp. and Wachovia
Corp. were among banks
issuing bleak earnings reports.

Dr. Benton Gup, professor
of finance and Robert Hunt
Cochran/Alabama Bankers
Chair, said the banking industry
might be approaching a low
point. Maybe they wanted
to get all the bad news out at
once, so in subsequent quarters
things are better, he said.

Gup said market watchers
saw it coming.

I dont find that
particularly surprising, he said
of the reports.

Gup predicted the banks
would tighten their lending
practices.

This credit crunch means
it is much more difficult to get
credit, he said. These banks
and other lenders are going to
start restricting their loans.

Marino Talks about

Business Reinvention

Its called creative

destruction. When the first
auto came out, who would
have thought at the time that
the horse and buggy would be
replaced? But the automobile
caught on and things changed,
said Dr. Louis Marino,
professor of entrepreneurship,
commenting on the businesses

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States Auto Industry

In an article in the Mobile

Press- Register, Dr. James
Cashman commented on
the state of the states auto
industry. Cashman said the
foreign automakers in Alabama
will be better positioned to
weather storms than the Detroit
Three General Motors, Ford
and Chrysler. But no matter
who you are, youre going
to have to hold on tight for
maybe the next several years.
Cashman said Mercedes-Benz
has recaptured a reputation for
quality, and Honda continues
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Karen Campbell, Alma Gates

Scroggins and Beverly Phifer
(left to right), all University of
Alabama graduates and
members of the Culverhouse
College of Commerce Board
of Visitors, show off their UA
colors in front of the Pyramids of
Egypt. The three also ventured
into the desert aboard their
trusty dromedaries.

to retain a strong brand

name. Its widely recognized
as moving into some of the
interesting technologies by
getting away from fossil fuels
and into hybrids, which
enhances the brand.

Cashman Quoted in the

Tuscaloosa News on the
Mercedes-Benz Plan to Build
a Hybrid

Cashman, professor of
management and a 25-year
veteran of the automotive
industry, said public concern
over rising fuel prices may have
played a role in the decision to
phase out the Mercedes-Benz
R-Class.

Why would the R-Class
be difficult for Mercedes right
now? Cashman said. [For
the] same reason Ford is scared
to death for their F-Series trucks
this is a class of vehicles that
are beginning to lose their
poignancy with the American
public because they are simply
too fuel inefficient.

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buying public will gravitate
toward next. So far, the signals
are mixed.

On one hand, you still
have an American love affair
with a large vehicle; on the
other, you have $100 a barrel
gasoline, Cashman said. He
said the R-Class sales would
certainly not be a mortal blow
to the company.

Its an issue theyve got
to worry about, but its not
deadly, he said. [Mercedes
has] plenty of consumer loyalty
that they can still build on.

Kristy Reynolds Quoted on

Barnes & Noble Entry

Dr. Kristy Reynolds,

Bruno Associate Professor of
Marketing, told the Tuscaloosa
News the entry of Barnes &
Noble into the Tuscaloosa
market will generate interest.
Barnes & Noble is wellknown, she said. People
know the name; they may have
already gone into the store in
Birmingham. I think it will be a
destination place.

She noted that the location in

Midtown Village is important.
Its a huge force, when youre
in a new, exciting, open-air
lifestyle concept. Its like The
Summit (in Birmingham).
Its appealing visually and
aesthetically. All the other
stores in there will help attract
more people. Theres a lot of
synergy there and a lot of walkin traffic.

Reynolds Discusses
the Decline of Company
Outlet Stores

The Associated Press

distributed a report about the
closing of 30 outlet stores by
WestPoint Home. The stores are
falling victim to competitors
like Wal-Mart and Bed Bath &
Beyond, which offer consumers
low prices and variety without
the drive to an outlet mall. A
lot of those stores are located in
what we call power centers,
Reynolds said. Theyre usually
conveniently located ... instead
of going to an outlet.

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The Culverhouse College of Commerce
Read about awards, appointments and other items of interest.

Study Says Restatement Usually

Means Walking Papers for CFO

Reynolds Paper Selected as Best

in Marketing Journal

If you are a manager, chief financial
officer or auditor working for a company
that comes out with a restatement, start
looking for another job. That is the only
conclusion you can draw from a new
study from Dr. Anup Agrawal, professor of
finance and William A. Powell Jr. Chair of
Finance and Banking; and Tommy Cooper.

Their study, Corporate Governance
Consequences of Accounting Scandals:
Evidence from Top Management, CFO
and Auditor Turnover, found that
restating firms have greater turnover of
chief executive officers, top management
and chief financial officers than control
firms. It revealed that during the three-year
period of the study, restating CEOs, CFOs
and top management experience turnover
rates, respectively, of 53 percent, 65 percent
and 85 percent. That was well up on the
control firms where rates were, respectively,
34 percent, 43 percent and 59 percent. All
up, they face, respectively, a 14 percent, 10
percent and 8.5 percent greater chance of
being replaced.

There is an even greater likelihood of
the person losing his or her job when there
is a big restatement.

A paper published by Dr. Kristy
Reynolds, associate professor of marketing
and Bruno Professor of Marketing, has
been selected as the best paper appearing in
The Academy of Marketing Science Review
for the period 200506.

The paper is titled A Model
for Consumer Devotion: Affective
Commitment with Proactive Sustaining
Behaviors and was published with Dr.
Ronald Pimentel, associate professor at
California State University Bakersfield.

The award will be announced at the
Academy of Marketing Science conference
in Vancouver in May.

Campbell Receives Emily

Schlesinger Award from IEEE
and Is Named Director
of Assessment

Dr. Kim Sydow Campbell, professor of

management communication and Derrell
Thomas Faculty Fellow, has received the
2007 Emily K. Schlesinger Award for
Distinguished Service to the Professional
Communication Society from IEEE.

Campbell served as editor-in-chief
of IEEE Transactions on Professional
Communications, a refereed quarterly
journal, for 10 years before recently
announcing her resignation. More than 40
issues of the journal and more than 250
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articles were published during

her editorship.

In announcing Campbells
selection, Michael Steehouder,
University of Twente, noted
that under Campbells
leadership, Transactions became
one of the leading journals
in business and technical
communication, ranking first
among its peer publications
in technology-based
communication by leading
researchers.

But there is more,
Steehouder said. We appreciate
Kim not only for results
but also for the enthusiasm
she always displays for the
Transactions, for her inspiring
and supportive attitude toward
her reviewers and associate
editors, and for the friendly
tone of her e-mails, especially
those necessary to remind her
reviewers of their deadlines. If
we take into account that the
journal has an acceptance rate
of 20 percent, she must have
sent about a thousand rejection
letters. That must have been
a very hard task for a friendly,
caring and positive person like
Kim.

Dean Barry Mason
announced that Campbell will
assume the position of director
of assessment. Assessment of
learning is now a major part
of accreditation at both the
regional and national levels.
The issues are complex, but Dr.
Campbell brings the expertise
and insights needed to help us
meet the new challenge.

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DeZoort Receives Grant and

Is Appointed to AICPA
Reliability Task Force

Dr. Todd DeZoort,

professor of accounting and
Accounting Advisory Board
Fellow, has been named to
the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants
Reliability Task Force, which
was established to improve
the reliability of professional
accountants work.

DeZoort has also received a
research grant from the Institute
of Internal Auditors Research
Foundation to conduct an
international study on internal
auditors responsibility for fraud
detection. He is in the process
of contacting various institute
chapters in the United States,
Canada, Mexico, Belgium and
Australia to collect data.

Todd Hines Leaving Bruno

Library for position in the
Ivy League

Todd Hines, assistant
professor and business reference
librarian, has resigned to
take a similar position at
Princeton University as assistant
economics, finance and
data librarian.

My jobresponsibilities
will be very similar to what I do
here just a bit more focused
on helping scholars locate and
use data sources in economics
and finance. And Ill be working
more with international and
microeconomic data,
Hines said.

Hines has been at The
University of Alabama since
August 2002, his first librarian
job after library school.

Its beena really great
experience. I have great work
colleagues and have really
enjoyed working with the

Culverhouse professors, staff

and students.

Hines earned his Bachelor
of Arts at the University of
Colorado at Boulder, his Master
of Business Administration at
George Mason and his Master
of Science in Library Science
at the Catholic University of
America.
Hines is a member of the
Business Reference and Services
Section of the American Library
Association and is a certified
public accountant.

Former economics
professor passes away

John Frederick Vallery Jr.,
professor emeritus of economics
at the Culverhouse College of
Commerce, died Jan. 8, 2008, at
age 78.

He is survived by his wife,
Arlee McAllister Vallery; his
daughter, Susan Redwine;
his son, John F. Vallery III
(Aimee); three grandchildren,
Ian Freeman, Ryan Johnston
(Courtney), and Pamela Cook;
four great-grandchildren, Kyra
Freeman, Tristen Freeman,
Jayden Cook, and Kiera Cook;
his sister, Karleen Youngblood
(Don); and two nieces.

Vallery was born on May
14, 1929, in Albany, Ga., and
grew up in Meridian, Miss., and
Ft. Smith, Ark. He received a
Bachelor of Science from the
University of Arkansas and a
Doctor of Philosophy from the
University of Tennessee.

He was professor of
economics at King College,
Carson Newman College and
The University of Alabama. He
was a veteran of World War II
and the Korean War.

While some students at The

University of Alabama spent
fall break at the beach or at
home, some select business
school students had the rare
opportunity to visit personally
with Warren Buffet, the icon of
the investment world. Buffet,
chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, avails himself to business
school students several times
a year and the UA students,
along with a contingent from
Texas Christian University, were
invited to a special questionand-answer session with him in
Omaha, Neb.

ISSMSS Davis Receives

UAs Prestigious McKinley Award

Heather Davis, a career-advising specialist in
the department of information systems, statistics,
and management science, recently received the
Vergil Parks McKinley Award.

The McKinley award was established by
Helen H. and John K. McKinley of Darien,
Conn., and Tuscaloosa, Ala., in honor of John
McKinleys father, Vergil Parks McKinley. The
award recognizes enterprising employees who,
by action or idea, contribute to the Universitys
mission of teaching, research and service. The
quarterly award carries a cash prize. Vergil Parks
McKinley came to UA in 1918 and retired as
head of the College of Educations trade and
industrial development department in 1945.
Davis was nominated by her supervisor, Dr.
Michael D. Conerly, head of information
systems, statistics, and management science, for
her outstanding service and positive attitude.
Heather does an excellent job advising
students, Conerly said. Having recently
completed her bachelors degree, she is able to
understand the students perspective. She seems
to thrive on helping students plan their schedules
and find internships and job placements. She is
a hard worker who requires very little oversight,
is very helpful and cooperative with faculty. Her
work habits are beyond reproach. A number of
students have commented to me how much they
appreciate Heathers professionalism and skill for
advising.

Davis has worked in the department six years
and regularly participates in presentations to
recruit majors to the program.

Heathers interaction with our students
provides a personal touch that is greatly
appreciated by our graduates, and these efforts
have helped to dramatically increase the number
of majors in our department, Conerly said.

Davis played a major role in building up the
student organization of the Society of Operations
Management Students.

She stays late to assist with these meetings,
and she is working to create an AAMA student
chapter on campus, Conerly said. Working
late is standard practice for her. She does this
willingly and without complaint. One of our
faculty recently reported receiving an e-mail from
Heather at 2 a.m. When I asked why she was
sending an e-mail so late she responded, I just
had to finish this up.

Another faculty member said, I sincerely
feel that Heather goes beyond the norm in
performing her job, as I have seen her on campus
early in the morning and late at night as she
assists students in getting the most out of their
college experience, whether it be extracurricular
activities such as SOMS or AAMA or just
meeting students for advising.

Conerly said Davis contributes to the
mission of the department continuously with a
pleasant smile and a can-do attitude.

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Here is the latest news and updates on C&BA alumni.
1953
Marvin Irving Bearman,
77, of Roswell, Ga., died
Dec. 7, 2007, while hunting
at Riverbend Gun Club,
north of Atlanta. A native
of Birmingham, Ala., he
was a member of Kappa
Nu fraternity and Beta
Gamma Sigma honor
society while at The
University of Alabama.
He was commissioned
a second lieutenant from
the Air Force ROTC
program and served in Air
Force intelligence. He later
moved to Atlanta and was
employed by Davisons
Department Store, where
he met his wife, Sue.
Bearman later purchased
Dunhill Personnel of
Atlanta, which he headed
for more than 35 years.
He was a longtime
Kiwanian, a member of
The Temple, the Riverbend
Gun Club, the University
of Alabama National
Alumni Association and
the Red Elephant Club.
He loved to hunt and was
a skilled fly caster. He is
survived by his wife of 50
years, Sue; sons, Andrew
and Bruce; and daughters,
Allison Marchman and
Beth Reiter. He was a
devoted supporter of The
University of Alabama.

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Jerry Kenneth Seton Jr.
has been elected treasurer
for Camp Smile-A-Mile.
1963
A. Fox de Funiak III
has been elected to the
executive committee of
the Birmingham Chamber
of Commerce board of
directors.
1964
Richard D. Horsley has
been appointed to the
Nature Conservancys
Alabama board of trustees.
1966
David R. Sher has been
elected to the executive
committee of the
Birmingham Chamber
of Commerce board of
directors.
1968
Morris M. Gee Sr. (M.A.
69) has been elected a
Birmingham-area director
of the Alabama Retail
Association.
1969
W. Stancil Starnes
has been named chief
executive officer and a
member of the board of
directors of ProAssurance

Corporation, which is
listed on the New York
Stock Exchange.
1970
David N. Wright has
been promoted to regional
president of the Alabama
and Florida Panhandle
market at BancorpSouth.
1972
Van L. Richey has been
elected to the executive
committee of the
Birmingham Chamber
of Commerce board of
directors.

Michael D. Thompson
has been elected a
Birmingham-area director
of the Business Council of
Alabama.

1984
Christopher L. Birdsong
has been elected a director
of the Alabama Retail
Association.

1979
Marvell Bivins Jr. (M.B.A.
99) has been elected a
board member of Oasis.

1985
Sam Parks was named
president of the First
National Bank of Central
Alabama by its board of
directors on Nov. 1, 2007.

1980
Forrest McConnell III
has been elected Alabama
director for the National
Automobile Dealers
Association.
1981
Anne Barrow Lowery has
been promoted to associate
vice president for academic
affairs and dean of graduate
programs at the University
of Mobile.

1973
James J. Grundhoefer has
joined myOBV.com and
myOVR.com as director
of sales.

1982
Frederick W. Bromberg
has been elected a
Birmingham-area director
of the Business Council of
Alabama.

1975
Ross N. Cohen has
been named to the
board of directors of
the Birmingham Estate
Planning Council Inc.

James T. McManus II
has been elected a
Birmingham-area director
of the Business Council of
Alabama.

1977
Bruce P. Ely has been
elected vice chairman
of public policy for the
executive committee of
the Birmingham Chamber
of Commerce board of
directors.

John Henry Street Jr.

has been named first vice
president of the Home
Builders Association of
Alabama for 2009.

Walter F. Scott III was

named president and
chief executive officer of
the Jefferson Title Inc. in
Birmingham.
1986
Cynthia S. Martin
(M.B.A.) has been
appointed to the Nature
Conservancys Alabama
board of trustees.
1987
Samuel M. Tortorici
has been elected to the
executive committee of
the Birmingham Chamber
of Commerce board of
directors.
1988
William N. Wagner has
been elected a director
of the Alabama Retail
Association.
1990
Michael J. Anderson has
been promoted to partner
at Moore Colsons tax
services practice in Atlanta.

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Mark T. Faulkner has been

appointed administrator
of Baptist Hospital in
Pensacola.
Adam S. Levine has
joined DiPiazza, LaRocca,
McDowell & Co. PC as a
shareholder.
Lynn S. Yeldell is a
financial adviser in Austin,
Texas.
1991
Robert T. Burns Jr. has
joined Jessup, Ingram &
Associates LLP.
Ralph H. Yarbrough Jr.
has been elected vice
president for Camp SmileA-Mile.
1992
Stephen V. Masterson has
been named partner-incharge of the Woodland
Hills office for Grant
Thornton LLP., which is
located in Los Angeles
County, Calif. Masterson is
a partner in the assurance
and advisory services
practice and has been with
the firm since 2002.
1995
Pamela G. Pierce has
joined Jessup, Ingram &
Associates LLP.
Ellie Smotherman Taylor
has been named
president of the Alabama
Grocers Association, an
organization that promotes
the growth of the food
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replaces her father, James L.
Smotherman, who served as
president of the association
for 17 years. She has been
with the organization 12
years. She is a member of
the American Society of
Association Executives,
the Food Industry
Association Executives,
the Food Marketing
Institute, the National
Grocers Association and
the Alabama Society of
Association Executives.
She serves on the board
of trustees of the Alabama
Grocers Education
Foundation.
1996
A. Hunter Abercrombie
III (M.A) has been
promoted to tax partner
in Deloittes merger and
acquisition transaction
services group in Atlanta.
1997
Heather D. Davis (M.T.A.
98) has joined Jessup,
Ingram & Associates LLP.
1998
Robert E. Bob Sellers Jr.
has accepted a position as
assistant vice president and
commercial loan officer at
First United Security Bank
in McCalla, Ala.
1999
Jack Carvalho (M.B.A.)
has been named managing
director of Jefferies & Co.s
private client services group.
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and will be instrumental in
building the firms regional
client base.

E. Gaines Livingston
has joined Cadence
Bank as vice president of
commercial banking.

Kelly Michele ODonnell

(M.A.) has been promoted
to vice president of
accounting at First
American Bank.

2004
Kyle Findlay has been
named director of private
client group at BlueCreek
Investment Partners LLC.
Findlay is a certified
financial planner. Findlay
graduated summa cum
laude from The University
of Alabama with a
Bachelor of Finance while
simultaneously completing
his masters degree in
banking and finance. He
received the Financial
Executives Institute Award
for being the top finance
student at The University
of Alabama. Findlay also
received the Outstanding
Undergraduate Student
Award, the Marcus
Whitman Finance Award
in Quantitative Finance,
the Intermediate Honors
Award, and the Financial
Executives International
Outstanding Finance
Student Award.

Jeffrey A. Shadrick
has been promoted to
vice president and trust
operations manager at First
American Bank.
2000
Lee Surtees (M.B.A.) has
been named acquisitions
manager at Arlington
Properties Inc. in
Birmingham.
Jeffrey N. Windham
(M.Acc., J.D., 03)
has joined Forensic
Strategic/Solutions PC in
Birmingham as a specialist
in forensic accounting,
fraud examination and
litigation support. He
is a member of the
Alabama State Bar, the
American Bar Association,
the Alabama Defense
Lawyers Association,
the Defense Research
Institute, the Birmingham
Bar Association and
the Birmingham Young
Lawyers Association.
2003
Jason K. Gardner has
joined RBC Centura Bank
in business banking.

2005
Charlie Aleman has been
named Middle Eastern area
financial controller for the
A.P. Moller-Maersk Group
in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. Locations in his
area of reporting include
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan,
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
and United Arab Emirates.

Your support helps the Culverhouse

College of Commerce attract and retain
faculty that make the world a safer place.

The Professor: Walter Enders is an

internationally known expert on transnational
terrorism. Enders is the current holder (along
with Todd Sandler) of the National Academy of
Sciences Estes Award for Behavioral Research
Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War.
The Need: Every university wants a
professor like Enders. He chose The University
of Alabama from which to make the free world
safer. The mission of the Culverhouse College
of Commerce depends on our ability to attract
and retain teachers and researchers like Enders,
who recently returned from Stockholm, Sweden,
where he met with officials from the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs. The topic: Terrorism. Included
was the top counterterrorism official in the
country.

The Donor: The Lee Bidgood Chair of

Economics and Finance is funded in part
through an endowment fund established through
royalties from endowed lands in the name of the
first dean of the college and interim president of
The University of Alabama. The Bidgood family
has a long history of support for the Culverhouse
College of Commerce.

The Impact: Your gift is crucial to the

Dr. Walter Enders, Lee Bidgood Chair of Economics and Finance, is
another prominent example of how, with your help, the Culverhouse College
of Commerce can attract and retain the best of the best.

To support the Culverhouse College of Commerce Faculty Endowment Fund,

contact Diane Harrison, advancement officer, at dharriso@cba.ua.edu or at
205-348-2930.

Colleges ability to hire and retain faculty like

Enders. No matter how you make your gift, it
will be another important element that makes
the Culverhouse College of Commerce a frontrunner in providing future business leaders.

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